With a rich historical-artistic heritage, Talamanca de Jarama is positioned as one of the best options to visit during this summer period. A escape for a weekend, a week for disconnect everything and even a home for live. All is vlido.
This small town has a natural habitat with numerous birds, especially the great bustard, birds of prey such as the gray nade, the pale harrier and the Montagu’s harrier. And not only that: Here the Romanesque and Romanesque-Mudjar vestiges of greatest architectural value in the northeast of Madrid are preserved..
To consider
In fact, its urban area It corresponds to the old Plaza Fuerte and Arrabal, neighborhoods separated by the Valdejudos stream. The population, around 4,123 inhabitants according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), is configured in a completely walled enclosure, very characteristic of Castilladuring the Middle Ages.
As if this were not enough, this town was close to being the capital of Madrid. And, as reflected the historian Juan Cortes for Rural Getawayhas the same ballots as Madridbut Felipe II He opted for the latter because it was more developed.
Origen
Its origins, according to archaeologists, can date back to the Iron Age. They are attributed a Central European Celtic root: the Carpetans. It could have been the mythical Mantua Carpetana Celtibrica (capital of the Carpetanos), named by Ptolemya question much discussed by experts.
As a Roman city it is identified with Armnticaone of the most important in the central area of the Roman province of Cartaginense, as exhibited in detail the Talamanca de Jarama City Council on its website. They also bequeathed their art the Visigoths.
Highlights
It has five monuments cataloged as Assets of Cultural Interest (BIC)among which are the Romanesque apse of the parish church of Saint John the Baptist y the Roman bridge over the Caz stream, that is found represented on the shield.
As a curiosity, The town is located a short distance from Madrid. Specifically, the journey from the capital is 55 minutes on the A-1. Another nearby city is Segoviawith 1 hour and a half on the M-608, that has great charm.
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