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What to see and do in San Martín de la Vega

What to see and do in San Martín de la Vega (Las Vegas, Madrid): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of San Martín de la Vega

Church of la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de San Martín de la Vega 250 m

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What to see and do in San Martín de la Vega

San Martín de la Vega
Village
San Martín de la Vega is a city of about 21,000 inhabitants in the south of the Community of Madrid, 22 km from the capital and at 515 m of altitude, whose demonym is 'sanmartineros'. It grows in the valley of the Jarama river, in one of the most fertile vegas of the region, with more than 80% of its territory within the Sureste Regional Park because of its ecological and environmental interest. Since the opening of Parque Warner Madrid in 2002, the largest and most important theme park in the world dedicated to Warner Bros, it has also become a tourist destination. Its climate is continental Mediterranean, with hot summers and cold winters, and an average annual rainfall of between 450 and 500 mm.
Royal Irrigation Canal of the Jarama
Monument
An irrigation canal designed in the 16th century and begun under Felipe II, which takes water at the Presa del Rey and carries it to the Tagus; its sluice houses and aqueducts punctuate the floodplain and the works were not considered finished until 1968.
Church of la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de San Martín de la Vega
Monument
The church of la Natividad de Nuestra Señora, in San Martín de la Vega, is a 16th-century building with a rectangular floor plan, a single nave and a flat chancel. According to Juan Ortega Rubio it was dedicated to Saint Martin until 1576, the year it passed to the dedication of the Natividad. The presbytery and transept, from the second third of the 16th century, are covered with ribbed vaults, with two chapels and the sacristy at the sides; the nave, somewhat later, has a lath-and-plaster vault with lunettes, and in the 18th century the chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary was added. The brick tower rises beside the main entrance. It is included in the municipality's catalogue of protected elements together with the hermitages of Saint Mark and Saint Christopher and the sluice-gate house of the Real Acequia del Jarama.
The crossing of the Jarama at San Martín
Historical milestone
The rebel troops took by surprise in February 1937 the municipality's bridge and the nearby one at Pindoque in order to cross the river and cut the Valencia road. The front was then halted for almost three weeks of fighting.