Alcazar de San Juan
Alcázar de San Juan parish | ||
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Windmills on the Campo de Criptana
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Castile-La Mancha | |
Province : | Ciudad Real | |
Coordinates | 39 ° 24 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ W | |
Height : | 644 msnm | |
Area : | 666.78 km² | |
Residents : | 30,576 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 45.86 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 13600 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 13005 | |
administration | ||
Mayor : | José Fernando Sánchez Bódalo ( PSOE ) | |
Website : | www.alcazardesanjuan.es |
Alcázar de San Juan , often just called Alcázar for short , is a city with 30,576 inhabitants located south of Madrid . It belongs to the Spanish province of Ciudad Real in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha .
To the east there are three lakes: "La Veguilla", "Laguna del Camino de Villafranca" and "Laguna de Las Yeguas".
Alcázar de San Juan has long been known as a central railway junction between Madrid, Albacete (further towards Murcia ) and Valdepenas and to the southwest. The station is worth seeing and is a stop on a rapid transit line.
Attractions
- Windmills in the region
- Torreón del Gran Prior (14th century)
- Parish Church of Santa Maria (13th to 15th centuries)
- San Francisco Church (14th to 15th centuries)
- Santa Clara Monastery (16th century)
Literary meaning
The book Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is mainly set in the Alcázar de San Juan.
photos
Statue of Cervantes
Web links
Commons : Alcázar de San Juan - collection of images, videos and audio files
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- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).