Puebla de la Mujer Muerta changes its name Historical milestone · Puebla de la Sierra, Sierra Norte, Madrid Image of Puebla de la Sierra, not of the place itself. The village stopped being called Puebla de la Mujer Muerta in 1941 at the wish of the civil governor. The town council proposed Puebla de Madrid, but the Royal Geographical Society recommended the present name, taken from the range that gives it its reclining profile. 1941 Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid. (CC BY 3.0 es) What to see and do in Puebla de la Sierra