Fuentidueña de Tajo

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Fuentidueña de Tajo
Municipality
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Official seal of Fuentidueña de Tajo
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Fuentidueña de Tajo is located in Spain
Fuentidueña de Tajo
Fuentidueña de Tajo
Location in Spain
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Country  Spain
Autonomous community Community of Madrid
Province Madrid
Comarca Las Vegas
Government
 • Mayor Aurora Rodríguez Cabezas
Area
 • Total 23.4 sq mi (60.6 km2)
Elevation 1,844 ft (562 m)
Population (2009)
 • Total 2,081
 • Density 89/sq mi (34/km2)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 28597
Website Official website

Fuentidueña de Tajo is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid, central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Las Vegas.

It was one of the settings for the 1937 movie The Spanish Earth.[1]

Main sights

  • Torre del Reloj
  • Torre de los Piquillos, one of the remains of the ancient Castle of Santiago
  • Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, built has a chapel in 1175 and later expanded with a nave and two aisles. Its current appearance dates to the 17th century.

References

  1. Magí Crusells, Las Brigadas Internacionales en la pantalla (Univ de Castilla La Mancha, 2002; ISBN 8484271498), p. 189.


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