Escalona is a municipality located in the north part of the province of Toledo, which in turn is part of the

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of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2017 census (

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), the municipality has a population of 3,240 inhabitants, most of whom are settled in several

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such as Ribera del Alberche, Miragredos or Castillo de Escalona. The town is settled alongside the right side of the river Alberche, in the

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of Torrijos, which is a part of the historical region of New Castile. The

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-style Castillo-Palacio de Escalona is the most characteristic building of the town, built in the 15th century.

Twin towns

Villena Villena () is a city in Spain, in the Valencian Community. It is located at the northwest part of Alicante, and borders to the west with Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia, to the north with the province of Valencia and to the east and south with the ...

, Spain * Peñafiel, Spain

Notable people

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, D ...

(1282-1348), writer * 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 {{CastileLaMancha-geo-stub