Fuentidueña de Tajo

Fuentidueña de Tajo
Municipality
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Fuentidueña de Tajo
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°7′5″N 3°9′37″W / 40.11806°N 3.16028°W / 40.11806; -3.16028
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 UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
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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