Guadarrama is a town and
municipality
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in the
Cuenca del Guadarrama
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comarca, in the
Community of Madrid,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
Its population is 13,032 (winter, according to a 2006 census); the population swells to approximately 60,000 in summer.
Its name comes from
arabic Wadi-ar-ramla river (dry riverbed).
Guadarrama achieved the status of "villa" under
Fernando V of Castile (II of Aragon) on November 22, 1504.
Fernando VI
, house = Bourbon-Anjou
, father = Philip V of Spain
, mother = Maria Luisa of Savoy
, birth_date = 23 September 1713
, birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
, death_date =
, death_place = Villavici ...
ordered the building of a road to
A Coruña through the
Guadarrama Pass
The Guadarrama Pass ( es, Puerto de Guadarrama), also known as ''Alto del León'', is a mountain pass in Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama, part of the Sistema Central system of ranges.
Historically it has been an important communic ...
, through which passed the
Grande Armée
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with
Napoleon
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John Moore's Army in 1808.
This town was absolutely destroyed during the
Spanish Civil War
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, as it was for almost three years a battlefront. All one can see in this town today is new, built in the mid-20th century.
It was the location for some scenes in the
1964 film
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''The Fall of the Roman Empire''.
It is close to
Sierra de Guadarrama, a mountain range that is visited by Madrid residents seeking cooler temperatures, especially in summer.
See also
*
Los Negrales
Los Negrales is a residential zone in the municipal area of Collado Villalba, Alpedrete, Saint Lorenzo de El Escorial, Guadarrama and Galapagar (municipalities of the northwest of the Community of Madrid, Spain), consisting mostly of detached ho ...
References
Municipalities in the Community of Madrid
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