Titulcia

Titulcia municipality
	Titulcia - View of the town with Río Jarama
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Madrid
Comarca :	Comarca de Las Vegas
Coordinates	40 ° 8 ′ N , 3 ° 34 ′ W Coordinates: 40 ° 8 ′ N , 3 ° 34 ′ W
Height :	510 msnm
Area :	9.95 km²
Residents :	1,313 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	131.96 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	28359
Municipality number ( INE ):	28147
administration
Website :	Titulcia

Titulcia refers to a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 1,313 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the southeast of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain . The Catholic parish belongs to the diocese of Alcalá de Henares .

Location and climate

The place Titulcia is located on a hill at the confluence of the Río Tajuña and the Río Jarama in the south of the Autonomous Community of Madrid at an altitude of about 510 m . The distance to the capital of Madrid to the north is just under 42 km (driving distance). The climate is temperate to warm; the rather low rainfall (approx. 410 mm / year) mainly falls in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	412	467	804	940	1.313

The town's population growth, which has continued since the 1950s, is largely due to its relative proximity to the greater Madrid area.

economy

For centuries the community lived exclusively from growing grain ( barley and wheat ), which was mainly operated for self-sufficiency ; the cultivation of olives and wine (Vinos de Titulcia) still plays a major role today. Livestock husbandry (sheep, goats, chickens) also took place to a small extent. For centuries, the place itself served as a mercantile, craft and cultural center for the hamlets and farmsteads in its area, which have now mostly disappeared. Today agriculture still plays the most important role in the economic life of the municipality, but there are also smaller craft and service companies.

history

Due to its strategic location near two rivers (Río Jarama and Río Tajuña), most of the peoples of Spanish history are likely to have left their mark on the hill of Titulcia. However, due to the regular overbuilding, not much has been excavated so far. In the course of reclaiming ( reconquista ) Toledo in 1085 under Alfons VI. was also Bayona del Tajuña , the medieval name of the place again Christian. The Latin name Titulcia handed down from Titus Livius was only reintroduced in 1814.

Attractions

Patera de Titulcia

The well-timed in the late Middle Ages or the Renaissance classify Cueva de la Luna is located at a restaurant in the old town.

During excavations in the suburbs in 2009, a silver bowl ( pátera ) from the 4th or 3rd century BC was found in addition to some ceramic finds . Discovered, which is attributed to the Celtic or Celtiberian people of the Carpetani . Greek influences can be seen both in the theme ( Medusa head ) and in the metalworking technique. The bowl is shown today in the Museo Arqueológico Regional de la Comunidad de Madrid (MAR) in Alcalá de Henares .

The single-nave parish church (Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena) is a rather inconspicuous building from the 16th century with later changes; it has two entrances. The altarpiece shows a representation of the saint attributed to Jorge Manuel Theotokopoulos , El Greco's son .

Surroundings

The Ermita de la Soledad was created at the beginning of the 16th century by order of Cardinal Cisneros .

Web links

Commons : Titulcia - collection of images, videos and audio files

Titulcia, history and sights - photo + 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] Titulcia - climate tables

[3] Titulcia - population development

[4] Titulcia - Wines

[5] Titulcia - Cueva de la Luna

[6] Titulcia Museum

[7] Titulcia Church

[8] Titulcia - Church

[9] Titulcia - Church, altarpiece

[10] Titulcia - Ermita