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Las Pedroñeras is a small town and
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in the province of
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, in the central region of the
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of Castile-La Mancha, southwestern
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. It was founded around 1500, and it is believed that the name comes from "Pedro" (Stone in Spanish) + "Heras" (Farming Field in Spanish). Las Pedroñeras has about 7000 people in the winter and 10,000 in the summer. Official data from
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is 7,058 inhabitants.


Typical products

The main activity is
garlic Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northe ...
farming and
wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are ...
making. In Spain Pedroñeras is called the "Garlic Capital", because the good quality of its ''Ajos Morados'' (purple garlic), publicized on television by
Karlos Arguiñano Karlos Arguiñano UrkiolaNote the mixed spelling of his name. ''Karlos'' and ''Urkiola'' are spelled in Basque, not the Spanish ''Carlos'' and ''Urquiola'', but ''Arguiñano'' is spelled in Spanish, not the Basque ''Argiñano''. (born September 6 ...
, a Spanish chef. Every summer the International Garlic Congress takes place in the town.


Notable people

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Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez Doña Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez y Montoya (2 February 1862 - 21 August 1936) was a Spanish writer and essayist.«Asunción de Zea Bermúdez Montoya y Colombi n. 2 Feb 1862 Cuenca, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, España f. 21 Ago 1936 Madrid, Madrid, ...
(1862-1936), writer and essayist


References


External links


In Spanish


Las Pedroñeras Town Hall

Las Pedroñeras

News about Las Pedroñeras





Las Pedroñeras


In English or other languages


Info about the Pedroñeras' Garlic

Spanish Garlic from Las Pedroñeras

Garlic
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