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Manzanares el Real

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Country
  
Spain

Demonym(s)
  
Rascafrienses

Website
  
Official website

Population
  
8,182 (2014)

Province
  
Community of Madrid

Autonomous community
  
Community of Madrid

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Elevation
  
908 m

Local time
  
Monday 5:27 PM


Comarca
  
Cuenca Alta del Manzanares

Weather
  
22°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 28% Humidity

Manzanares el Real is a 7,250 inhabitant town in the northern area of the autonomous Community of Madrid. It is located at the foot of The Pedriza, a part of the Sierra de Guadarrama, and next to the embalse de Santillana (the Santillana reservoir).

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Map of 28410 Manzanares el Real, Madrid, Spain

Main sights

  • the New Castle of Manzanares el Real, the best conserved castle in the Community of Madrid. Construction commencing in 1475, it has been used in several motion pictures, most notably El Cid
  • the Old Castle of Manzanares el Real is the ruin of a former fortress, also known as Plaza de Armas. Only two walls remain standing, now integrated into a garden complex. It was built in Mudejar style of granite with brick curbing.
  • church of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, founded in the early 14th century. It has a nave and two aisles, separated by arcades on stone columns. The nave, in Romanesque styles, ends into a pentagonal presbytery. The church has also a 16th-century Renaissance portico
  • hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Peña Sacra

    • References

    Manzanares el Real Wikipedia
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