Escalona is a municipality located in the north part of the province of
Toledo
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* Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain
* Province of Toledo, Spain
* Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States
Toledo may also refer to:
Places Belize
* Toledo District
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Bolivia
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, which in turn is part of the
autonomous community
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of
Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2017 census (
INE
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), the municipality has a population of 3,240 inhabitants, most of whom are settled in several
housing estates
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such as
Ribera del Alberche
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Locations
* Ribera, Agrigento, a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
* Ribera, Costa Rica, a former port on Aranjuez River
* Ribera Alta ...
,
Miragredos or
Castillo de Escalona.
The town is settled alongside the right side of the river
Alberche
The Alberche is a river in the provinces of Ávila, Madrid and Toledo, central Spain. It begins its course at 1,800 m in Fuente Alberche, San Martín de la Vega del Alberche municipal term, Ávila Province. It forms the natural division between ...
, in the
comarca
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of Torrijos, which is a part of the historical region of
New Castile.
The
Mudéjar
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Castillo-Palacio de Escalona is the most characteristic building of the town, built in the 15th century.
Twin towns
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Villena
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, Spain
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Peñafiel, Spain
Peñafiel is a town in the Valladolid Province and the greater autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is best known for the Peñafiel Castle and for its medieval square used for bullfights and named " Plaza del Coso" (English: "Bul ...
Notable people
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Don Juan Manuel
Don Juan Manuel (5 May 128213 June 1348) was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duk ...
(1282-1348), writer
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Esteban de Aguilar y Zúñiga, theologian
References
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) websiteOfficial website of the "Diputación Provincial de Toledo"
Municipalities in the Province of Toledo
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