Guadamur

Guadamur is a Spanish town in the province of Toledo, in the Autonomous Community of Castile -La Mancha.

Location

Guadamur is approximately 15 km ( driving distance ) southwest of Toledo in the historical province of La Mancha; to Madrid, there are over 90 km in a north-easterly direction.

Demographics

The highest population of 2017 people had Guadamur in 1920.

Economy

Guadamur was the agricultural center of several smaller towns, hamlets and isolated farmsteads. Exclusively operated dryland - Up to about 90 ha of irrigated arable land on which to grow vegetables and melons, is in the Toledo region - as elsewhere in central and southern Spain. Are grown or planted mainly cereals, olives and wine. In the 18th century there were around two mines - one for the recovery of lead ores, the other for extraction of coal.

History

In the vicinity of the place were traces of Bronze Age and Celtiberian settlements have been found. In ancient Roman times the area was mainly a trade route from south to north and from east to west; Traces of Roman estates ( villae ) were not detected. The Visigoths established in Guarrazar, a modern suburb, a significant settlement, which was taken over and continued after the year 711 of the Muslim conquerors, but - except for a few place names and unlike in Toledo little away - leaving little archaeological usable tracks. On the way to the victorious battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 attracted the Christian armies through the area, which was secured in the subsequent period through the construction of castles and watchtowers. On the ruins of one of the early fortifications the imposing Castillo was built in the 15th century, which has stood the test of time passes.

Attractions

• The main attraction of the place is the late medieval castle Guadamur ( castillo ), the one kilometer east of the village, however.
• The nearby at the castle hermitage ( ermita ) Nuestra Señora de la Natividad is originally from the 13th century. Your masonry consists of several layers of stone breakage, between which there is one layer of bricks at intervals of about 40 cm. The nave interior has been vaulted until the 19th century. From the ceiling of the apse hang copies of the close in the years 1858-1861 from here in the suburb Guarrazar found Visigoth crowns consecration, the originals can be seen in the Archaeological Museum in Madrid.
• In an old school building a del tesoro de Centro de interpretation Guarrazar has been established that is primarily aimed at young visitors.
• The parish church of Santa María Magdalena was originally a nave building of the 16th century, who received a northern aisle in 1702. The current three-aisled state was only brought about by extensions and alterations at the beginning of the 20th century.
• A late Gothic Court column ( rollo jurisdiccional or picota ) from the years 1468 to 1471 is very close.
• The Ermita San Antón also dates from the 16th century and now houses a small ethnographic museum to the life circumstances of earlier times and the folk art and costumes in the region of Montes de Toledo.

Twin Cities

• Tournai (Belgium )
• Vouillé (France)