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Las Fraguas is a town in the
Arenas de Iguña Arenas de Iguña is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2007 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating pop ...
municipality of the
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region of
Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...
. The population of Las Fraguas was 166 as of the year 2004. The town is located from the municipality capital, Arenas de Iguña, and 180 meters (591 feet) above sea level. The Palace of Las Fraguas ('' El Palacio de los Hornillos''), where '' The Others'' was filmed, can be found here. Within the palace are the Praying Sculptures of the Acebedos, which were declared to be of special cultural significance in 2003. The sculptures have been dated to the 17th century, when they belonged to the now ruined Palace of the Acebedos in the municipality of
Entrambasaguas Entrambasaguas is a small municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain, 25 km south of the Bay of Santander. It is moderately mountainous, and the origin of the Aguanaz River, which once drove 23 watermills and merges ...
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*Cantabria 102 Municipios (Spanish) http://www.cantabria102municipios.com/besaya/arenas_de_iguna/nucleos.htm Towns in Spain {{Spain-geo-stub