Madrigal de las Altas Torres

Madrigal de las Altas Torres (in English: Madrigal of the high towers) is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Ávila, autonomous community of Castile and León. Displaying a total area of 106.80 km2, the municipality has, as of 2019, a registered population of 1,415.[2] The municipality is located in the northernmost end of the province of Ávila, near the provinces of Salamanca and Valladolid.[3]

Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Municipality
Coat of arms
Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Location in Spain
Madrigal de las Altas Torres
Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°5′22″N 4°59′56″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León
ProvinceÁvila
Area
 • Total106.80 km2 (41.24 sq mi)
Elevation
809 m (2,654 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total1,440
WebsiteOfficial website

The toponym is recorded earliest in the middle ages as Matrigale and Madrigal, whilst the second part of the current placename is a late modern addition.[4] Hitherto a hamlet of the land of Arévalo, Madrigal earned a fuero in 1017 (ratified in 1168), becoming closely linked to the affairs of the House of Trastámara in the late middle ages.[4]

The town was encircled by walls in the Middle Ages (following a near-circular outline).[5] Today some parts of the walls are still preserved, most notably the southwestern part.[6] Madrigal experienced a massive rural flight after the 1950s.[6] The Junta of Castile and León declared the historical centre of the municipality as bien de interés cultural (conjunto histórico) in September 2020.[7]

Notable people

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital.
  3. Coca, Verónica; Quiroga, Guillermo (2014). "Construcción en tierra y calicanto en Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Ávila). Estado de conservación de la arquitectura vernácula y monumental" (PDF). In Sainz Guerra, José Luis; Jové Sandoval, Félix (eds.). Construcción con tierra, patrimonio y vivienda: Congreso de Arquitectura de Tierra en Cuenca de Campos 2013 (PDF). Valladolid: Cátedra Juan de Villanueva. Universidad de Valladolid. pp. 79–86. ISBN 978-84-617-0473-6.
  4. "Madrigal de las Altas Torres" (PDF). Románico Digital. p. 277.
  5. Coca & Quiroga 2014, pp. 79–80.
  6. Coca & Quiroga 2014, p. 80.
  7. "La Junta declara a Madrigal de las Altas Torres BIC en su conjunto histórico". COPE. 3 September 2020.
  8. Teresa of Avila (23 September 2011). The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2 (1578 - 1582): 1578-1582. ICS Publications. pp. 410–. ISBN 978-0-935216-90-5.
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