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Municipality in Community of Madrid, Spain
Fuentidueña de Tajo
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Fuentidueña de Tajo is located in SpainFuentidueña de TajoFuentidueña de TajoLocation in Spain
Coordinates: 40°7′5″N 3°9′37″W / 40.11806°N 3.16028°W / 40.11806; -3.16028
Country Spain
Autonomous communityCommunity of Madrid
ProvinceMadrid
ComarcaLas Vegas
Government
 • MayorAurora Rodríguez Cabezas
Area
 • Total23.4 sq mi (60.6 km)
Elevation1,844 ft (562 m)
Population
 • Total1,985
 • Density85/sq mi (33/km)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code28597
WebsiteOfficial website

Fuentidueña de Tajo is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid, central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Las Vegas.

It was one of the settings for the 1937 movie The Spanish Earth.

Main sights

  • Torre del Reloj
  • Torre de los Piquillos, one of the remains of the ancient Castle of Santiago
  • Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, built has a chapel in 1175 and later expanded with a nave and two aisles. Its current appearance dates to the 17th century.

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Magí Crusells, Las Brigadas Internacionales en la pantalla (Univ de Castilla La Mancha, 2002; ISBN 8484271498), p. 189.

External links

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