Fuentidueña de Tajo

Fuentidueña de Tajo
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Fuentidueña de Tajo
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°7′5″N 3°9′37″W / 40.11806°N 3.16028°W / 40.11806; -3.16028
Country Spain
Autonomous communityCommunity of Madrid
ProvinceMadrid
ComarcaLas Vegas
Government
 • MayorAurora Rodríguez Cabezas
Area
 • Total
23.4 sq mi (60.6 km2)
Elevation
1,844 ft (562 m)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
1,985
 • Density85/sq mi (33/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
28597
WebsiteOfficial website

Fuentidueña de Tajo is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid, central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Las Vegas.

It was one of the settings for the 1937 movie The Spanish Earth.[2]

Main sights

  • Torre del Reloj
  • Torre de los Piquillos, one of the remains of the ancient Castle of Santiago
  • Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, built has a chapel in 1175 and later expanded with a nave and two aisles. Its current appearance dates to the 17th century.

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Magí Crusells, Las Brigadas Internacionales en la pantalla (Univ de Castilla La Mancha, 2002; ISBN 8484271498), p. 189.

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