Fuentidueña De Tajo
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Fuentidueña de Tajo 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' ...
of the
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of
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, central
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. It belongs to the
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of Las Vegas. It was one of the settings for the 1937 movie ''
The Spanish Earth ''The Spanish Earth'' is a 1937 anti-fascist film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the democratically elected Republicans, whose forces included a wide range from the political left like communists, socialists, anarchists, to mode ...
''.Magí Crusells, ''Las Brigadas Internacionales en la pantalla'' (Univ de Castilla La Mancha, 2002; ), p. 189.


Main sights

*''Torre del Reloj'' *''Torre de los Piquillos'', one of the remains of the ancient Castle of Santiago *Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, built has a chapel in 1175 and later expanded with a nave and two aisles. Its current appearance dates to the 17th century.


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Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub