Madrigal de las Altas Torres
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/REL/frontend/inicio/municipios/7/13401/75|publisher=Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital|title=Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales}} The municipality is located in the northernmost end of the province of Ávila, near the provinces of Salamanca and Valladolid.{{Cite book|url=https://www5.uva.es/grupotierra/publicaciones/digital/libro2014/079-086-coca.pdf|chapter=Construcción en tierra y calicanto en Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Ávila). Estado de conservación de la arquitectura vernácula y monumental|first=Verónica|last=Coca |first2=Guillermo|last2=Quiroga |title=Construcción con tierra, patrimonio y vivienda: Congreso de Arquitectura de Tierra en Cuenca de Campos 2013|editor-first=José Luis|editor-last=Sainz Guerra|editor-first2=Félix|editor-last2=Jové Sandoval|year=2014|isbn=978-84-617-0473-6|location=Valladolid|publisher=Cátedra Juan de Villanueva. Universidad de Valladolid|chapter-url=https://www5.uva.es/grupotierra/publicaciones/digital/libro2014/079-086-coca.pdf|pages=79–86}}
The toponym is recorded earliest in the middle ages as {{lang|osp|Matrigale}} and Madrigal, whilst the second part of the current placename is a late modern addition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/avila_Madrigal_0.pdf|title=Madrigal de las Altas Torres|website=Románico Digital|page=277}} 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.
The town was encircled by walls in the Middle Ages (following a near-circular outline).{{Sfn|Coca|Quiroga|2014|pp=79–80}} Today some parts of the walls are still preserved, most notably the southwestern part.{{Sfn|Coca|Quiroga|2014|p=80}} Madrigal experienced a massive rural flight after the 1950s.{{Sfn|Coca|Quiroga|2014|p=80}} The Junta of Castile and León declared the historical centre of the municipality as bien de interés cultural (conjunto histórico) in September 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cope.es/emisoras/castilla-y-leon/avila-provincia/avila/noticias/junta-declara-madrigal-las-altas-torres-bic-conjunto-historico-20200903_878323|publisher=COPE|title=La Junta declara a Madrigal de las Altas Torres BIC en su conjunto histórico|date=3 September 2020}}
Notable people
- Vasco de Quiroga (1477/1479 Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Ávila) - 1565 Quiroga (Michoacán, México)
- Alonso Tostado (d. 1455)
- Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504), Queen of Castile
- Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín, prioress, was born here in 1543.{{cite book|author=Teresa of Avila|title=The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2 (1578 - 1582): 1578-1582|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jf2009swPBEC&pg=PT410|date=23 September 2011|publisher=ICS Publications|isbn=978-0-935216-90-5|pages=410–}}
References
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External links
- City of Madrigal, [http://www.madrigaldelasaltastorres.es/ Madrigaldelasaltastorres.es]
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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Ávila
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