Torrijos is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province of Toledo
Toledo () is a Province (Spain), province of central Spain, in the western part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid Province, Madrid, Cuenca Province (Spai ...
,
Castilla–La Mancha
Castilla–La Mancha (, ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Province of Albacete, Albacete, Province of Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Province of Cuenca, Cuenca, Province of Guadalajar ...
, Spain.
As of 1 January 2022, it had a registered population of 13,678.
The municipality spans across a total area of 17.34 km
2.
History
A Christian army on its way to
Toledo took control over the place on behalf of
Alfonso VI in 1085, thereby becoming a ''realengo'' ('
royal demesne').
Torrijos was gifted to the archbishop of Toledo in 1214, in reward for the latter's help in the
Battle of Navas de Tolosa, ensuingly becoming a dominion of the
Mitre of Toledo.
Torrijos enjoyed a sizeable Jewish community, which sided with the losing side in the
Castilian Civil War and which also suffered, although to a lesser extent than other locations, the
1391 pogroms. In the context of the 1449 urban revolts in Toledo, a Toledan army under
Pedro Girón sacked Torrijos in 1450. Torrijos was bought away from the Archdiocese of Toledo in 1482, and it was incorporated to the Estate of
Maqueda, also becoming a town.
Demographics
Notable people
*
Félix Almagro (1907–1939), bullfighter, first to be killed by a bull at
Las Ventas
The Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, known simply as Las Ventas , is the largest bullfighting ring in Spain, located in the Guindalera quarter of the Salamanca district of Madrid. It was inaugurated on June 17, 1931. Its seating capacity of 23,798, ...
See also
*
Torrijos railway station
References
External links
Ayuntamiento de Torrijos webpage
Municipalities in the Province of Toledo
{{CastileLaMancha-geo-stub