Fuentidueña de Tajo
| Fuentidueña de Tajo | |||
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| Municipality | |||
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  Fuentidueña de Tajo Location in Spain | |||
| Coordinates: ES 40°7′5″N 3°9′37″W / 40.11806°N 3.16028°W | |||
| Country |
 Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Community of Madrid | ||
| Province | Madrid | ||
| Comarca | Las Vegas | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Aurora Rodríguez Cabezas | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 23.4 sq mi (60.6 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 1,844 ft (562 m) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 2,081 | ||
| • Density | 89/sq mi (34/km2) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 28597 | ||
| Website | Official 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.[1]
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
- ↑ Magí Crusells, Las Brigadas Internacionales en la pantalla (Univ de Castilla La Mancha, 2002; ISBN 8484271498), p. 189.
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