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The place name and refounding of Torrejón de la Calzada

Torrejón de la Calzada, Comarca Sur, Madrid

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The place name and refounding of Torrejón de la Calzada

Curiosity · Torrejón de la Calzada, Comarca Sur, Madrid

Image of Torrejón de la Calzada, not of the place itself.

Its name comes from the Latin turris, after a watchtower that guarded the road from Toledo to Madrid in frontier times; deserted in the late 15th century, it was repopulated in 1531 by Francisco de Pero Abad and Bartolomé de Harija.

Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid. (CC BY 3.0 es)

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