Manzanares el Real
Municipality in Community of Madrid, Spain
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Manzanares el Real is a 8,936 inhabitant town (2020 statistics from ine.es) in the northern area of the autonomous Community of Madrid. It is located at the foot of La Pedriza, a part of the Sierra de Guadarrama, and next to the embalse de Santillana (the Santillana reservoir).
Main sights
- The New Castle of Manzanares el Real, the best conserved castle in the Community of Madrid. Construction commencing in 1475, it has been used in several motion pictures, most notably El Cid.
- The Old Castle of Manzanares el Real is the ruin of a former fortress, also known as Plaza de Armas. Only two walls remain standing, now integrated into a garden complex. It was built in Mudejar style of granite with brick curbing.
- Church of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, founded in the early 14th century. It has a nave and two aisles, separated by arcades on stone columns. The nave, in Romanesque styles, ends into a pentagonal presbytery. The church has also a 16th-century Renaissance portico.
- Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Peña Sacra.
- The Town Square and the Town Hall Houses - The Square has always been, and remains the place for celebrations, where local events, celebrations, and social life take place. The Town Hall Houses are peculiar because although our municipality was the head of the County of El Real de Manzanares, they did not exist as such: they were the County jail. It has always preserved its portico, the balcony, and its railings, a construction that may have been commissioned by the Great Cardinal Mendoza in the 16th century.
Bus
There are three lines passing through the village, which are the following:
- SE720: Colmenar Viejo - Manzanares el Real
- 720: Colmenar Viejo - Collado Villalba
- 724: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Manzanares el Real - El Boalo
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- The Castle of Manzanares el Real - History and photos
- English Language tourist website
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- Algete
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- Ambite
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- El Atazar
- Batres
- Becerril de la Sierra
- Belmonte de Tajo
- El Berrueco
- Berzosa del Lozoya
- El Boalo
- Braojos
- Brea de Tajo
- Brunete
- Buitrago del Lozoya
- Bustarviejo
- Cabanillas de la Sierra
- La Cabrera
- Cadalso de los Vidrios
- Camarma de Esteruelas
- Campo Real
- Canencia
- Carabaña
- Casarrubuelos
- Cenicientos
- Cercedilla
- Cervera de Buitrago
- Chapinería
- Chinchón
- Ciempozuelos
- Cobeña
- Collado Mediano
- Colmenar de Oreja
- Colmenar del Arroyo
- Colmenarejo
- Corpa
- Cubas de la Sagra
- El Escorial
- Estremera
- Fresnedillas de la Oliva
- Fresno de Torote
- Fuente el Saz de Jarama
- Fuentidueña de Tajo
- Garganta de los Montes
- Gargantilla del Lozoya y Pinilla de Buitrago
- Gascones
- Griñón
- Guadalix de la Sierra
- Guadarrama
- La Hiruela
- Horcajo de la Sierra
- Horcajuelo de la Sierra
- Hoyo de Manzanares
- Loeches
- Lozoya
- Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias
- Madarcos
- Manzanares el Real
- Meco
- Miraflores de la Sierra
- El Molar
- Los Molinos
- Mejorada del Campo
- Montejo de la Sierra
- Moraleja de Enmedio
- Moralzarzal
- Morata de Tajuña
- Navacerrada
- Navalafuente
- Navalagamella
- Navarredonda y San Mamés
- Navas del Rey
- Nuevo Baztán
- Olmeda de las Fuentes
- Orusco de Tajuña
- Paracuellos de Jarama
- Pedrezuela
- Pelayos de la Presa
- Perales de Tajuña
- Pezuela de las Torres
- Pinilla del Valle
- Piñuécar-Gandullas
- Pozuelo del Rey
- Prádena del Rincón
- Puebla de la Sierra
- Puentes Viejas
- Quijorna
- Rascafría
- Redueña
- Ribatejada
- Robledillo de la Jara
- Robledo de Chavela
- Robregordo
- Rozas de Puerto Real
- San Agustín del Guadalix
- San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- San Martín de la Vega
- San Martín de Valdeiglesias
- Santa María de la Alameda
- Santorcaz
- Los Santos de la Humosa
- La Serna del Monte
- Serranillos del Valle
- Sevilla la Nueva
- Somosierra
- Soto del Real
- Talamanca de Jarama
- Tielmes
- Titulcia
- Torrejón de la Calzada
- Torrejón de Velasco
- Torrelaguna
- Torrelodones
- Torremocha de Jarama
- Torres de la Alameda
- Valdaracete
- Valdeavero
- Valdelaguna
- Valdemanco
- Valdemaqueda
- Valdemorillo
- Valdeolmos-Alalpardo
- Valdepiélagos
- Valdetorres de Jarama
- Valdilecha
- Valverde de Alcalá
- El Vellón
- Venturada
- Villa del Prado
- Villaconejos
- Villalbilla
- Villamanrique de Tajo
- Villamanta
- Villamantilla
- Villanueva de la Cañada
- Villanueva del Pardillo
- Villanueva de Perales
- Villar del Olmo
- Villarejo de Salvanés
- Villavieja del Lozoya
- Zarzalejo
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