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Torrelaguna () is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain, provinces of Spain. It is located at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula and Meseta Central, Central Plateau (); its capital and largest munici ...
, Spain. It covers an area of 43.40 km2. , it has a population of 4,940.


History


Public transport

Torrelaguna has three line buses. They are: Line 197: Torrelaguna -
Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
(Plaza de Castilla) Line 197D: Torrelaguna - El Vellón - El Molar Line 913: Torrelaguna - El Atazar


Main sights

The parish church of La Magdalena (started in the 14th century, inaugurated in the 18th century) is one of the best examples of
Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High Middle Ages, High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved f ...
in the community of Madrid. Other sights include: *Abbey of the ''Concepcionistas Descalzas''. The chapel has a
Plateresque Plateresque, meaning "in the manner of a silversmith" (''plata'' being silver in Spanish language, Spanish), was an artistic movement, especially Architecture, architectural, developed in Spanish Empire, Spain and its territories, which appeared ...
façade from the 16th century, attributed to
Juan Gil de Hontañón Juan Gil de Hontañón (1480 in Asón-Agüera, Rasines, Cantabria – 11 May 1531 in Salamanca) was a master builder and Trasmiera#Master masons of Trasmiera, Trasmeran mason of Spain during the 16th century. His first work was associated with Seg ...
. *Hermitage of ''Nuestra Señora de la Soledad'' (14th century). *Ancient market place *''Palacio de Salinas'', a Renaissance building. *Town Hall (1515) *Remains of the city walls.


Politics

The eleven seats in the municipal government are distributed as below as of the 2023 elections. The municipality currently has a PP mayor, Víctor Gutiérrez, who formed a coalition with Ciudadanos to end 24 years of successive PSOE government.


Notable people

* Saint Isidore the Farmer, a pious agricultural labourer of the twelfth century prayed to for rain. He and his wife Maria were canonised in 1622. * Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517), cardinal, archbishop, statesman and abolitionist.


References

Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{authority control