Madrigal de las Altas Torres

Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Municipality
Coat of arms of Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Coat of arms
Madrigal de las Altas Torres is located in Castile and León
Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Location in Spain
Madrigal de las Altas Torres is located in Spain
Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°5′22″N 4°59′56″W / 41.08944°N 4.99889°W / 41.08944; -4.99889
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León
ProvinceÁvila
Area
 • Total106.80 km2 (41.24 sq mi)
Elevation
809 m (2,654 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total1,440
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Madrigal de las Altas Torres (in English: Madrigal of the high towers) 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 toponym is recorded earliest in the middle ages as Matrigale and Madrigal, whilst the second part of the current placename is a late modern addition.[4] Hitherto a hamlet of the land of Arévalo, Madrigal earned a fuero in 1017 (ratified in 1168), becoming closely linked to the affairs of the House of Trastámara in the late middle ages.[4]

The town was encircled by walls in the Middle Ages (following a near-circular outline).[5] Today some parts of the walls are still preserved, most notably the southwestern part.[6] Madrigal experienced a massive rural flight after the 1950s.[6] The Junta of Castile and León declared the historical centre of the municipality as bien de interés cultural (conjunto histórico) in September 2020.[7]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Madrigal de las Altas Torres" (PDF). Románico Digital. p. 277.
  5. ^ Coca & Quiroga 2014, pp. 79–80.
  6. ^ a b Coca & Quiroga 2014, p. 80.
  7. ^ "La Junta declara a Madrigal de las Altas Torres BIC en su conjunto histórico". COPE. 3 September 2020.
  8. ^ 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.

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