Titulcia is a

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of the

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History

Supposedly of Roman origin, Titulcia is situated on the ancient military road from

Emerita Augusta Augusta Emerita, also called Emerita Augusta, was a Roman '' colonia'' founded in 25 BC in present day Mérida, Spain. The city was founded by Roman Emperor Augustus to resettle Emeriti soldiers from the veteran legions of the Cantabrian Wars ...

and Cesaraugusta (now

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

). With the arrival of the Arabs, the city was razed, but it regained its previous significance during the Reconquest and thereafter taking the name of Bayonne (c. 1208) Its strategic position was recognized by the French occupiers during the

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, who held it until 1814. After the defeat of the French, the town recovered its original name at the insistence of King Fernando VII. The city was destroyed, for the fifth time in its history, during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, when it was the divisional headquarters of Republican forces.

Fiestas

*Fiesta del día del Hornazo, a sort of hot cross bun to celebrate Christ's Resurrection on

Easter Easter, also called Pascha ( Aramaic: פַּסְחָא , ''paskha''; Greek: πάσχα, ''páskha'') or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in t ...

Sunday *Fiesta de la Virgen del Rosario (

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), last week in August

References

External links

* http://www.titulcia.org/
Rural Development Association Website (in Spanish) La Asociación de Desarrollo Rural Aranjuez-Comarca de las Vegas (ARACOVE)
Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub