Mora is a town and
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
Toledo province, in the
autonomous community
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of
Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The area is most famous for the abandoned ruins of the San Marcos de Yegros monastery of the
Order of Santiago
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, located northeast of the town of Mora about 10 km on the Calle de los Dolores in the village of Paraje de Yegros.
Name
The term "Mora" possibly derives from the Latin ''morum'' meaning
moral
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. However, Galmés de Fuentes has proposed an earlier origin, indicating that the pre-Roman root ''mor'' means "heap of stones" or
cairn
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the (plural ).
Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistory, t ...
.
[Galmés de Fuentes, Álvaro (1996) ''Toponimia: mito e historia: discurso leído el día 15 de diciembre de 1996 en su recepción pública'' Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain, pages 14–15, ]
Geography
This town is situated in the Montes de Toledo. It belongs to the region of La Mancha, and borders the municipalities of
Villamuelas and
Huerta de Valdecarabanos at north,
Villanueva de Bogas and
Tembleque at east,
Turleque,
Los Yebenes and
Consuegra
Consuegra is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. In 2018, the municipality had a population of 10,098 inhabitants. It is 80 km from Ciudad Real and 60 km from Toledo. Consuegra is located in La Man ...
at south,
Orgaz
Orgaz is a municipality located in the Toledo (province), province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2012 census, the municipality had a population of 2804 inhabitants, but it has since declined.
Burial of the Count of Orgaz ...
and
Manzaneque
Manzaneque is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha
Castilla–La Mancha (, ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Province of Albacete, Al ...
at west and
Mascaraque at northwest.
Administration
Demography
Demographic Trends
References
External links
"Mora (Provincia de Toledo - Castilla-La Mancha)"map and photographs from ''Panageos''
Municipalities in the Province of Toledo
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