Madrigal de las Altas Torres | |
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| Coordinates: 41°5′22″N 4°59′56″W / 41.08944°N 4.99889°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Castile and León |
| Province |  Ávila |
| Area | |
| • Total | 106.80 km2 (41.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 809 m (2,654 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,440 |
| Website | Official website  |
Madrigal de las Altas Torres is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Ávila, autonomous community of Castile and León. Displaying a total area of 106.80 km2, the municipality has, as of 2019, a registered population of 1,415.[2]
The municipality is located in the northernmost end of the province of Ávila, near the provinces of Salamanca and Valladolid.[3] The town was encircled by walls in the Middle Ages (following a near-circular outline).[4] Today some parts of the walls are still preserved, most notably the southwestern part.[5] Madrigal experienced a massive rural flight after the 1950s.[5] The Junta of Castile and León declared the historical centre of the municipality as bien de interés cultural (conjunto histórico) in September 2020.[6]
Notable people
- Vasco de Quiroga (1477/1479 Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Ávila) - 1565 Quiroga (Michoacán, México)
- Alonso Tostado (d. 1455)
- Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504), Queen of Castile
- Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín, prioress, was born here in 1543.[7]
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital.
- ^ Coca, Verónica; Quiroga, Guillermo (2014). "Construcción en tierra y calicanto en Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Ávila). Estado de conservación de la arquitectura vernácula y monumental" (PDF). In Sainz Guerra, José Luis; Jové Sandoval, Félix (eds.). Construcción con tierra, patrimonio y vivienda: Congreso de Arquitectura de Tierra en Cuenca de Campos 2013 (PDF). Valladolid: Cátedra Juan de Villanueva. Universidad de Valladolid. pp. 79–86. ISBN 978-84-617-0473-6.
- ^ Coca & Quiroga 2014, pp. 79–80.
- ^ a b Coca & Quiroga 2014, p. 80.
- ^ "La Junta declara a Madrigal de las Altas Torres BIC en su conjunto histórico". COPE. 3 September 2020.
- ^ Teresa of Avila (23 September 2011). The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2 (1578 - 1582): 1578-1582. ICS Publications. pp. 410–. ISBN 978-0-935216-90-5.
External links
- City of Madrigal, Madrigaldelasaltastorres.es