Algete () is a town and municipality in central
Spain
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. It lies in the
comarca de Alcalá in the
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of the
Community of Madrid
The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest munici ...
. It had a population of 19,345 in 2008. Algete is northeast of the capital.
Sights include the church of
Asunción de Nuestra Señora.
History
There are no records of the first settlements in Algete. There are remains of human settlements in the
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
found in the fertile plain of
Jarama
Jarama () is a river in central Spain. It flows north to south, and passes east of Madrid where the El Atazar Dam is built on a tributary, the Lozoya River. It flows into the river Tagus in Aranjuez. The Manzanares is a tributary of the Jaram ...
. Remains of Roman villas and Visigoth settlements have also been found.
It is known that it was inhabited in Arabic times due to the existence of ''
qanat
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'' or underground waterways. From this period may come its name, derived from Al-Satt, which means ''the bank'' (by the River Jarama).
In 1081,
Alfonso VI
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began the reconquest of the Jarama basin, expelling the Muslims and repopulating the area with Christians from the South.
In the 16th century, Algete became a town. The church was rebuilt, possibly on top of a Romanesque church. In 1579,
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII ( la, Gregorius XIII; it, Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for ...
disaffected Algete from the
Archbishopric of Toledo and transferred it to the Crown.
Philip II Philip II may refer to:
* Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC)
* Philip II (emperor) (238–249), Roman emperor
* Philip II, Prince of Taranto (1329–1374)
* Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (1342–1404)
* Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438-1497)
* Philip ...
sold it for twenty thousand ducats to García Hurtado de Mendoza, Marqués de Cañete and Viceroy of Peru.
In 1728,
Philip V Philip V may refer to:
* Philip V of Macedon (221–179 BC)
* Philip V of France (1293–1322)
* Philip II of Spain, also Philip V, Duke of Burgundy (1526–1598)
* Philip V of Spain
Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was ...
named Algete a Duchy in favor of Christopher of Moscoso and Montemayor. The cadastral data of this time speak of a population of "290 neighbors living in 282 houses", increasing the number of inhabitants to 1,263 in just a few years.
Already in the 19th century,
Alfonso XII
Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo; 28 November 185725 November 1885), also known as El Pacificador or the Peacemaker, was King of Spain from 29 December 1874 to his death in 188 ...
visited the municipality in 1883, and in 1891 the first municipal school was built.
In the 20th century, when the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
began, Algete remained on the Republican side. Several religious images were burnt and the organ of the church was destroyed.
In the decade of the sixties, development arrives little by little to the municipality: the first industrial areas are born, water is channeled, highways are built and public lighting is reformed.
In the eighties a bullring was built and the sports centre was built and in the nineties a new health center and some schools opened. During these decades, Algete experience important growth due to emigration from rural areas.
Geography
Algete is located just 20 km northeast of the urban developments of Sanchinarro and Las Tablas, in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
. It has an area of 38 km
2. The western area comprises a plain through which the Jarama River flows. Algete, as the main population centre, is located between hills.
Algete is surrounded by crops fields, eucalyptus forests and scrubland. It borders the municipalities of
Fuente el Saz del Jarama,
San Sebastián de los Reyes
San Sebastián de los Reyes (colloquially called "Sanse") is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1492, it is located north of Madrid.
Geography
It forms an urban continuum with the neighboring Alcobendas,
Transpor ...
,
Valdeolmos-Alalpardo,
Cobeña,
Daganzo de Arriba
Daganzo de Arriba is a Spanish municipality in the Comarca de Alcalá, located in the east of Autonomous communities in Spain, Autonomous Community of Community of Madrid, Madrid. It has a population of about 9,000 (including the residents of the ...
,
El Molar,
San Agustín del Guadalix
San Agustín del Guadalix is a Spanish town located north of the Comunidad de Madrid, near to Sierra de Guadarrama.
It is bordered by Pedrezuela to the north, the municipalities of El Molar and Algete to the east and Colmenar Viejo to the sout ...
and
Colmenar Viejo
Colmenar Viejo is a town and municipality of about 48,614 inhabitants, located in the Community of Madrid, Spain, 30 kilometers north of Madrid on the M-607 motorway. It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca Alta del Manzanares.
Main sights
In the ...
.
The altitude of the municipality varies between 600 and 780 metres above sea level. It has average winter temperatures lower than those of the capital of Madrid.
The inhabited areas can be divided into two categories: residential developments and the historic centre:
Residential areas
* Santo Domingo
* Prado Norte
* Ciudad Jardín Valderrey
Historic Centre
The historic center is divided into different neighborhoods, such as:
* Palomares
* Retamar
* El Cigarral
* El Tesoro
* Pryconsa
* Los Pazos
* Castillo
* Las Letras
Apart from these areas, there are isolated nuclei such as Dehesa Nueva and several industrial areas such as Rio de Janeiro, Los Nogales or La Garza.
Bus lines
* 171:
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
(
Plaza de Castilla
The Plaza de Castilla ( en, "Castile Square") is a roundabout in the north of Madrid, Spain.
Location
It is located in the north of the city and is bisected by Paseo de la Castellana, one of the main thoroughfares of the capital, almost at its ...
) - Santo Domingo urbanization (
ALSA)
* 180:
Alcobendas
Alcobendas () is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid.
It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal lim ...
- Algete (Interbús)
* 181: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Algete (Interbús)
* 182: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Algete - Valdeolmos (Interbús)
* 183: Madrid (Plaza Castilla) -
Cobeña -
El Casar (Interbús)
* 185: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Nuevo Algete (Interbús)
* 197: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) -
Torrelaguna
Torrelaguna () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It covers an area of 43.40 km2. , it has a population of 4,724.
History
Public transport
Torrelaguna has three line buses. They are:
Line 197: Torrelaguna - Madrid (Pl ...
(only one diary service from Monday to Friday, stopping in Algete's high schools and ending in
Talamanca de Jarama
Talamanca de Jarama is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain.
Sights include the Romanesque church of San Juan Bautista, the a 17th-century Carthusian monastery and the ''Ábside de los Milagros'' (also known as ''El Morabito''), wh ...
) (ALSA)
* 254: Valdeolmos -
Fuente el Saz de Jarama -
Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares () is a Spanish city in the Community of Madrid. Straddling the Henares River, it is located to the northeast of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated Municipalities ...
(ALSA)
* 263: Madrid (
Barajas) - Cobeña - Algete (Interbús)
Notable people
*
Ángeles Ottein
María de los Ángeles Nieto Iglesias ( stage name, Ángeles Ottein; Algete, 24 June 1895 – Madrid, 12 March 1981) was a Spanish soprano, opera and zarzuela singer. She was the daughter of José Nieto Méndez, a notary of Burgos
Burgos () i ...
, singer
References
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Municipalities in the Community of Madrid