Torrelaguna () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest munic ...

, Spain. It covers an area of 43.40 km². , it has a population of 4,724.

History

Public transport

Torrelaguna has three line buses. They are: Line 197: Torrelaguna -

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

(Plaza de Castilla) Line 197D: Torrelaguna -

El Vellón El Vellón is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is known for the Watchtower of El Vellón. Transport system El Vellón has three line buses, all of them operated by ALSA. Two of them connect the village with Madrid. Thes ...

- El Molar Line 913: Torrelaguna - El Atazar

Main sights

The parish church of La Magdalena (started in the 14th century, inaugurated in the 18th century) is one of the best examples of

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It ...

in the community of Madrid. Other sights include: *Abbey of the ''Concepcionistas Descalzas''. The chapel has a

Plateresque Plateresque, meaning "in the manner of a silversmith" (''plata'' being silver in Spanish), was an artistic movement, especially architectural, developed in Spain and its territories, which appeared between the late Gothic and early Renaissance ...

façade from the 16th century, attributed to

Juan Gil de Hontañón Juan Gil de Hontañón (Rasines, Cantabria 1480 – Salamanca, 11 May 1531) was a master builder and Trasmeran mason of Spain during the 16th century. His first work was associated with Segovia, where he was associated with the school of Juan Gua ...

. *Hermitage of ''Nuestra Señora de la Soledad'' (14th century). *Ancient market place *''Palacio de Salinas'', a Renaissance building. *Town Hall (1515) *Remains of the city walls.

Notable people

* Saint Isidore the Farmer, a pious agricultural laborer of the twelfth century prayed to for rain. He and his wife Maria were canonized in 1622. *

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, OFM (1436 – 8 November 1517), spelled Ximenes in his own lifetime, and commonly referred to today as simply Cisneros, was a Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman. Starting from humble beginning ...

(1436–1517), cardinal and statesman

References

Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{authority control