Manzanares el Real

Manzanares el Real municipality
Manzanares el Real - town view
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Madrid
Province :	Madrid
Comarca :	Cuenca Alta del Manzanares
Coordinates	40 ° 43 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 43 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  W
Height :	910  msnm
Area :	126.7 km²
Residents :	8,840 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	69.77 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	28410
Municipality number  ( INE ):	28082
administration
Website :	Manzanares el Real

Manzanares el Real is a small town and a municipality ( municipio ) with 8,840 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain .

Location and climate

Manzanares is located on the southern flank of the Sierra de Guadarrama in the middle of the Cuenca Alta del Rio Manzanares biosphere reserve on the banks of the Santillana reservoir at an altitude of 910  m . The Río Manzanares flows through the municipality. The city of Madrid is just under 50 km (driving distance) to the south. The climate is harsh in winter, but temperate to warm in summer; Rain (approx. 475 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	367	431	612	3,842	8,500

In the second half of the 20th century, comparatively low land prices and rents led to an influx of people from rural areas, but also from the greater Madrid area.

economy

For centuries, the residents of the village lived as self-sufficient farmers from the surrounding area; Traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds also settled in the village. The improvement of the infrastructure in the 20th century resulted in shops and supermarkets. Income from day tourism and rental of holiday homes has been added since the 1960s.

history

Castillo de los Mendoza

Church of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves

In 1987, Bronze Age cave paintings were found in La Pedriza, dating from between 1400 and 1200 BC. To be dated. Both from Celtic as well as from Roman and Islamic time missing to date archaeological recyclable products. In the 10th century and especially after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of Toledo (1085) the area was repopulated by Christians from the north, but also from the south of the Iberian Peninsula ( mudéjares ) . Conflicts arose between the new settlers, which were only resolved when King Alfonso X incorporated the area and other disputed communities into the crown and named it El Real de Manzanares . At the end of the 14th century, Juan I gave the area to Don Pedro González de Mendoza and El Real de Manzanares experienced its most splendid time in the 15th and 16th centuries .

Manzanares is the cradle of the autonomy of Madrid, because in 1982 the founding act of the Autonomous Community of Madrid took place in the castle of Manzanares.

Attractions

• The striking castle ( Castillo de Manzanares ) , built around 1475, stands above a Romanesque- Mudéjar hermitage (ermita) , which can still be visited today. The ensemble with large arched windows consists of a rectangular inner courtyard and two galleries on octagonal columns. The main building has four Isabelline style towers adorned with spheres on the outer corners. The castle houses a museum of Spanish castles and a carpet collection.
• A first church called Nuestra Señora de las Nieves was probably built in the early 14th century under the first Marquis of Santillana . It was probably rebuilt towards the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century and the portico (portico or gallería porticada) moved from the north to the south.

Others

Numerous films have been shot in Manzanares Castle, including El Cid Campeador , Jeromín , Alexander the Great (1956) (USA, E 1956), The Fall of the Roman Empire (USA 1964) and La Rana verde .

Web links

Commons : Manzanares el Real  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Manzanares es Real, history and monuments - photos + info (spanish)
• Manzanares es Real, history and attractions - photos + info (arteguias, Spanish)
• Manzanares es Real, Castillo - Photos + Info (Spanish)

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. ↑ Manzanares el Real - climate tables
3. ^ Manzanares el Real - population development