Ambite

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Madrid
Province : Madrid
Comarca : Comarca de Alcalá
Coordinates 40 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 11 ′  W
Height : 682  msnm
Area : 26 km²
Residents : 592 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 22.77 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 28580
Municipality number  ( INE ): 28011
administration
Official language : Castilian
Mayor : D.ª María del Ángel García López, PP
Website : www.ambite.es
Location of the municipality
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Ambite is a small municipality in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Madrid on the Rio Tajuña .

According to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística INE , 592 registered residents lived in the municipality on January 1, 2019 over an area of ​​26 km². This corresponds to 23 inhabitants per km². The official language is Castilian . The inhabitants are called ambiteño / ambiteña.

history

The first settlers of Ambite on the Rio Tajuña date from the Bronze Age , numerous archaeological finds from the time of the Celtiberians attest to the first settlements. The Celtiberian tribes came from central and northern Spain and Portugal .

Archaeological excavations have produced mostly metallic objects, such as harness and weapons. The swords found are said to have served as a model for the Roman gladius .

Palacio del Marqués de Legarda

In Ambite is the 17th century Palacio del Marqués de Legarda . The Palacio was built by Alonso de Terante y Cárdenas , who was the Spanish ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples during the reign of King Philip III .

location

Ambite is located 62 kilometers southwest of the Spanish capital Madrid and on the border with the province of Guadalajara . In the north the municipalities border Olmeda de las Fuentes and Pezuela de las Torres , in the south Orusco de Tajuña , in the West Villar del Olmo and east Manchega de Mondejar on.

The A-3 and R-3 to Madrid and the A-2 Valencia - Barcelona are linked to the main motorways and country roads. There are bus connections with the Argabus from Plaza Conde Casal and the Hotel Claridge with lines 326 - 322 Ambite - Driebes - Madrid.

climate

Due to its location at 682 meters above sea level and the continental climate, the summers in Ambite are hotter and drier, but the winters are significantly colder than in cities on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.

Attractions

  • Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Baroque church (1834)
  • Palacio Marqueses Legarda
  • Monumento a los Ojos, three arches by Federico Díaz
  • La Encina, one of the largest holm oaks in Spain

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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).

swell

  • Francisco Burillo Mozota (2007): Los celtíberos - Etnias y estados - edición actualizada. Barcelona, ​​Critica. ISBN 978-84-8432-949-7

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