Boadilla del Monte

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Boadilla del Monte municipality
Palacio del Infante don Luis
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Coat of arms of Boadilla del Monte
Boadilla del Monte (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Madrid
Province : Madrid
Coordinates 40 ° 24 ′  N , 3 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 24 ′  N , 3 ° 53 ′  W
Height : 690  msnm
Area : 47.2 km²
Residents : 54,570 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 1,156.14 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 28660
Municipality number  ( INE ): 28022
administration
Website : Boadilla del Monte

Boadilla del Monte is a city and a municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 54,570 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of Madrid . The old town center has been classified as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in the conjunto histórico-artístico category because of its sights .

Location and climate

The city of Boadilla del Monte is about 24 km (driving distance) west of the city of Madrid at an altitude of about 690  m . The ML-3 line of the Madrid light rail has ended in Boadilla since 2007. The climate in winter is cool, whereas in summer it is temperate to warm; Precipitation (approx. 440 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2018
Residents 553 778 905 20,686 52,626

Boadilla del Monte is one of the suburbs of Madrid that has grown explosively since the middle of the 20th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

The major bank Banco Santander has its headquarters in a separate district (Ciudad Grupo Santander) of Boadilla del Monte. There are also several medium-sized and many small companies. The Polytechnic University of Madrid has the Campus de Montegancedo here .

history

The history of Boadilla del Monte possibly goes back to the time of the Islamic-Moorish dominance over large parts of the Iberian Peninsula . However, there is no clear evidence from this period or from medieval times. The manorial rule over the small town (villa) belonged in the early modern period to the Counts of Toreno, in the 18th century then to the marquis (marqueses) of Mirabal. Josefa Micaela de Mirabal sold Boadilla and neighboring lands in 1761 to the brother of the reigning King Charles III. , the Infante Luis de Borbón y Farnesio , who immediately set about building a palace ( Palacio del Infante don Luis ) . About ten years after its completion (around 1765), however, he moved with his family to the Palacio de la Mosquera in Arenas de San Pedro .

During the siege of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, after heavy fighting on December 14, 1936, the site was captured for the second time by the nationalists before they temporarily stopped their offensive on Madrid.

Attractions

Fuente de Ventura Rodríguez
  • The Palacio del Infante don Luis , planned by the architect Ventura Rodríguez in 1761 and completed in 1765, belongs to the period of transition from Baroque to Classicism . The architecture of the Escorial also served as a model in several ways.
  • In front of the palace there is a late baroque fountain (Fuente de Ventura Rodríguez) integrated into a building facade , the architectural structure of which resembles an ancient triumphal arch or a modern city gate (see Puerta de Alcalá ).
  • The Convento de la Encarnación was completed in 1674 and still belongs to a convent of the Discalced Carmelites .
  • The parish church (Iglesia de San Cristóbal) shows mudéjare reminiscences in the apse area and, according to local tradition, belonged to an Arab fortress. The church, which was probably built in the 13th century, was badly damaged in the Spanish Civil War and was largely reconstructed in 1944.
  • The museum of the Fundación Grupo Santander shows paintings by Cranach, El Greco , Van Dyck , Zurbarán and others. a.

Sports

The two-time Spanish ice hockey champions Club Hielo de Boadilla plays in the city.

Town twinning

A partnership with the French municipality of Saint-Cloud has existed since 1999 .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Boadilla del Monte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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).
  2. Boadilla del Monte - climate tables
  3. Boadilla del Monte - population development