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Campo Real is a town of around 6000 people in Spain, around 20 kilometers east of
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 includes a notable church, the Iglesia de Santa Maria del Castillo.
The town was first recorded as Aldea Campo, during the Moorish period it was known as Campo de Almoacid. It was given its current name ("royal field") by
Philip II of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...
in 1580.
References
Municipalities in the Community of Madrid
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