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(To understand the legend it is necessary to understand that the Spanish expression “Por los Cerros de Ubeda” has a double meaning. Apart from referring to the hills in and around the city it also means “wandering away from the point.” )
En el siglo XIII, Alfonso VIII intenta asaltar la cuidad. Un joven , nombrado Alvar Fañez, descubre en el río fronterizo a una hermosa joven arabe bañandose. El Conde descuida las ordenes de atacar con sus tropas.
Vencen los cristianos. Al dia siguiente le pregunta el rey donde habia pasado la noche. El inconsciente contesta: “Por esos Cerros, Señor”.
In the thirteenth century Alfonso VIII tried to take the city. A young man named Alvar Fañez, discovers a beautiful Arab girl bathing in the border river. The Count fails to carry out the order to attack with his troops. The Christians are victorious. The next day the king asks him where he had spent the night. The fool replies: “Around those Hills, my Lord.”
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