Anguita is a municipality in the
province of Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a province of Spain, belonging to the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. As of 2019 it had a population of 258,890 people. The population of the province has grown in the last 10 years. It is located in the centre ...
,
Castile-La Mancha, Spain, with a population of 203 in 2009.
Geography
Anguita is located in the
Sistema Ibérico
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It consists of a vast and complex area of mostly relatively high and rugged mountain chains and massifs located in the central region of the Iberian Peninsula, but ...
below
Sierra Ministra. River
Tajuña and its tributaries,
La Madre and
Prado Creek flow through the area.
The municipality includes the towns of
Aguilar de Anguita, Anguita,
Padilla del Ducado,
Santa María del Espino
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and
Villarejo de Medina.
There is an important population of
Dupont's lark (''Chersophilus duponti'') in the surrounding area.
History
Anguita's area has been populated since ancient times. Anguita has remains of a Roman camp, although it is possible that it has been a
Celtiberian city before.
During the
al-Andalus
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period, Anguita was located on the frontier with the northern Christian-held territory.
In 1813 the first
Diputation of Spain was signed here.
Main sights
*Cigüeña Tower.
*Remains of the Roman camp
*
Castro del Hocincavero and some others ruins, such as those of
Aguilar de Anguita, where is the biggest necropolis of this culture, "El Altillo".
*Saint Peter Church, a
Romanesque-
Gothic church.
*Virgen de la Lastra hermitage, the biggest church in the village.
*La Soledad hermitage, a typical local
hermitage.
References
External links
*
SituationInformation of the village from "Castilla-La Mancha: descubre y siente"
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Municipalities in the Province of Guadalajara