Buitrago del Lozoya

Buitrago del Lozoya
Municipality
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Buitrago del Lozoya Location in Spain
Coordinates: ES 40°59′31″N 3°38′20″W / 40.99194°N 3.63889°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Community of Madrid
Province	Madrid
Comarca	Sierra Norte (Madrid)
Government
• Mayor	Ángel Martínez
Area
• Total	27 km^2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation	975 m (3,199 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,068
• Density	77/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Buitragueños
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	28730

Buitrago del Lozoya (Spanish pronunciation: [bwiˈtɾaɣo ðel loˈθoʝa]) is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sierra Norte. The town is one of the few in the community that have maintained its walls, which are of Moorish origin (11th century) and have been restored in the 15th century. It lies on a peninsula surrounded by the Lozoya river.

Other sights include:

• Buitrago del Lozoya Castle, a Gothic-Mudéjar structure dating from the 15th century, with rectangular plan
• the church of Santa María del Castillo (1321), in the same style
• the Picasso Museum. This small museum contains works by Pablo Picasso from the collection of Eugenio Arias. Arias, a barber by profession, came from Buitrago and was a friend of the artist.

Church of Santa María del Castillo.