Mora is a town and

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Toledo province Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila. Its capital is the city of Toledo. ...

, in the

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of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The area is most famous for the abandoned ruins of the San Marcos de Yegros monastery of the

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, located northeast of the town of Mora about 10 km on the Calle de los Dolores in the village of Paraje de Yegros.

Name

The term "Mora" possibly derives from the Latin ''morum'' meaning

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. However, Galmés de Fuentes has proposed an earlier origin, indicating that the pre-Roman root ''mor'' means "heap of stones" or

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.Galmés de Fuentes, Álvaro (1996) ''Toponimia: mito e historia: discurso leído el día 15 de diciembre de 1996 en su recepción pública'' Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain, pages 14–15,

Geography

This town is situated in the Montes de Toledo. It belongs to the region of La Mancha, and borders the municipalities of Villamuelas and Huerta de Valdecarabanos at north, Villanueva de Bogas and

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at east, Turleque, Los Yebenes and

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at south,

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and Manzaneque at west and Mascaraque at northwest.

Administration

Demography

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References

External links

"Mora (Provincia de Toledo - Castilla-La Mancha)"
map and photographs from ''Panageos'' Municipalities in the Province of Toledo {{CastileLaMancha-geo-stub