Manzanares el Real
Manzanares el Real is a 7,250 inhabitant toun in the northren aurie o the autonomous Commonty o Madrid. It is locatit at the fuit o The Pedriza, a pairt o the Sierra de Guadarrama, an next tae the embalse de Santillana (the Santillana reservoir).
Manzanares el Real | |
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 Castle of the Mendoza in Manzanares el Real | |
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  Manzanares el Real Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 40°43′38″N 3°51′40″W / 40.72722°N 3.86111°W | |
| Kintra | Spain |
| Autonomous commonty | Commonty o Madrid |
| Comarca | Cuenca Alta del Manzanares |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Yolanda Aguirre Gómez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 128.4 km2 (49.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 908 m (2,979 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 7,244 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Rascafrienses |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Main sichts
eedit- the New Castle o Manzanares el Real, the best conservit castle in the Commonty o Madrid. Construction commencin in 1475, it haes been uised in several motion picturs, maist notably El Cid
- the Auld Castle o Manzanares el Real is the ruin o a umwhile fortress, kent as Plaza de Armas an aw. Anerly twa waws remain staundin, now integratit intae a garden complex. It wis biggit in Mudejar style o granite wi brick curbin.
- Kirk o Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, foondit in the early 14t century. It haes a nave an twa aisles, separatit bi arcades on stane columns. The nave, in Romanesque styles, ends intae a pentagonal presbytery. The kirk haes a 16t-century Renaissance portico an aw.
- Hermitage o Nuestra Señora de la Peña Sacra
Freemit airtins
eedit- Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2017-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie)
- The Castle o Manzanares el Real - History an photos
