turística - Manzanares el Real

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Tourist Guide 2008
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MANZANARES EL REAL
CULTURAL
INFORMATION
DENOMINACIÓN
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MUNICIPALITY OF
MANZANARES
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Contents:
General information, location and connections with Madrid
What to visit:
The Mendoza Castle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Old Castle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Location map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fountain “Las Ermitas”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pto. de
Coruña
Bridge “Cañada Real”, The Old Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Navacerrada
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Navacerrada
Parish church “Nuestra Señora de las Nieves”. . . . . . . . . . . 9
El Escorial
Guadarrama
Hermitage “Peña Sacra” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Miraflores
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Collado Villalba
Where to sleep and eat:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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San Sebastián
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until connecting, at the end of highway,
with the M-609, previously the M-862,
and finally with the M-608.
Madrid
Extremadura
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Aeropuerto
Barajas
Barcelona
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M30
By bus:
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Bus station Plaza de Castilla, bus line 724.
Toledo
N-401
M50
Valencia
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Andalucia
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MANZANARES EL REAL
At a distance of 50 km from Madrid, following the highway of Colmenar Viejo, the village of Manzanares El Real
offers an interesting historical, cultural and artistic heritage to its visitors. Surrounded by an exclusive natural environment of mountain range, river and lake, it is being protected since 1930 and it was declared as a Biosphere
Reserve in 1992.
In order to learn about the historical heritage of Manzanares El Real it is required to return to the age of the prehistorical settlements that took place in the region, known thanks to the discovery of certain archaeological findings,
amongst others some cave paintings of an infinite value.
At the same time it is allowed to suppose that the druids invaded Manzanares El Real around the year 1000 b c
of which event memories of druid rites still live on in an annual religious celebration of the village: the celebration
of the “Virgen de Peña Sacra”. Later on, during the years of the Roman conquest, the inhabitants of the enclave
started an unjust war against the invaders, a still existing Roman settlement in Manzanares being the silent witness
of that past civilization. After the Visigoth period and the Arab conquest, the village was founded in 1248 during
a period in which many people of Madrid went to Sevilla to reconquer the city from the Arabs. This movement
allowed the Segovian people to re-habit Manzanares, as it appears from the testimony that is mentioned in a
missive issued by Fernando III.
As a consequence of the settlement and the expansion of the Segovian people towards these regions in the South,
a contest started during those days between them and the people from Madrid that was solved in the course of the
years when Alfonso X incorporated these areas to the Crown, changing the name into “El Real de Manzanares”.
Juan I ceded the area to D. Pedro González de Mendoza at the end of the 16th century, just being with the saga of
the Mendoza family when El Real de Manzanares lived its maximum splendour during the 15th and 16th century.
Afterwards, it was passed by marriage into the hands of other members of the Nobility, until it returns into the power
of the Mendoza family in the 18th century, to which family Felipe V conferred the eternal possession rights.
Public institutions, Associations and, more importantly, the inhabitants of Manzanares, cordial hosts being acquainted with the natural prodigy and the cultural heritage of this area, daily enjoy, take care and enrich each
remote place in this village with the aim to offer the most brilliant selection of Art, Culture and Landscape of the
Comunidad of Madrid to its visitors.
Welcome to everyone.
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The Mendoza Castle
MANZANARES EL REAL
The Mendoza Castle
The Old Castle
Built on a Romanesque-mudéjar chapel which nowa-
Crossing the river Manzanares you can find its remains,
days proudly continues to exist, the palace-fortification
which consist of only two walls. Apart from that, only a
of the Mendoza family is the best conserved in the
few references exist in documents. In fact, no dates are
whole of the Comunidad of Madrid. Its building works
available of its foundation. It is mentioned for the first time
started in 1475.
in middle of the 14th century, when Alfonso XI requested
The rectangular inner court consists of a structure of
for carpenters for the two palaces in Manzanares. The
large arched windows of half a point and two galleries
castle is important considering that the first Duque del
built on octagonal pillars. The castle has four towers
Infantado wrote part of his poetic work here, although,
decorated with “isabelino”-style balls in the higher parts.
with the start of the construction works of the new castle
On the south part of the castle's top defence ring, the
in 1475, the old fortification was sentenced to the historic
gallery is of flamboyant design built on balustrades
oblivion. The ground floor is square, with three circular
decorated with diamond-pointed stones. The entire
towers on each corner and a square one on the remaining
castle is surrounded by a lower outside wall of which
corner. Its circular naves constituted a construction in
the loop-holes carry, sculptured in bas-relief, the cross
mudéjar-style made of granite stone and bricks.
of the Holy Grail of Jerusalem, a title that Don Pedro
González de Mendoza enjoyed.
The castle consists of an inner court with columns,
basement and six floors: ground floor, first floor inbetween, main floor, second floor in-between, highgallery and roof-gallery. The first floor’s Gothic Gallery
is considered as the most beautiful in Spain. Its construction was initiated by the first Duque del Infantado
and finished by his son, Don Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza,
in which construction Juan Guas participated.
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Fountain “Las Ermitas”
Bridge “Cañada Real” The Old Bridge
It consists of a fountain with a watering place, a distri-
Its origins date back to the foundation of the village,
bution compartment and various canals (first half of the
although its present form has a more modern aspect,
16th century). The fountain is a construction of monolith
due to the various reconstruction and repair works that
blocks of granite stone, topped by a pediment decorated
took place during the course of the 16th, 17th and 18th
on the south side with a escutcheon related with the
century. Its construction is attributed to Juan de Her-
wedding promises of Don Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza y
rera and to Juan de Bautista de Toledo. It is made of
Doña Maria de Luna. It served as a drinking or watering
a masonry of clay and stone, consists of one arch and
place for the cattle when passing through the Cañada
is perfectly adapted to the landscape. The relevance of
Real. The distribution compartment (of a cubic structure)
this bridge is based on the fact that is was a prescribed
is made of granite locked stone mortar. It collects the
track of the Cañada Real Segoviana, which was used
water through both the canals and distributes and leads
by the Mesta (guild of cattle owners) to move the cattle
it to the fountain through a third canal located on the
through Spain. It constituted a considerable income for
south side, where a pipe provides drinking water for
the village that collected a tax –el Pontazgo– for the
human consumption.
passage of merchandise and cattle.
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Parish church “Nuestra Señora
de las Nieves”
The church tower counts three main parts, separated in
According to existing information it appears that it was
between by means of imposts. Its reconstruction works
founded in the beginning of the 14th century, under the
were carried out in the beginning of the 16th century.
protection of the first Marqués de Santillana.
The construction of the sacristy is original and is covered
Notwithstanding, at the end of the 15th or in the begin-
with cross Gothic tiercerons.
ning of the 16th century, it was rebuilt in the way that
As far as the arcade concerns, situated on the south
the arcade was altered by moving it from the north to
side of the church, its construction dates back to the
the south side.
middle of the 16th century and its building style is
Its architectural style is not clearly defined, due to
renaissance with little decoration, consisting of eight
the substantial modifications that took place, through
depressed arches and a half-pointed one.
which the Romanesque and Gothic building style
Both the choir and the altarpiece disappeared, the
were mixed without forming a unity as a whole. It
columns of which can still be found in the church’s
concerns a church with three naves, separated by
garden, together with some Basque grave stones,
arches on columns made of stone. The central nave
stemming from the 12th century.
of Romanesque style, is preceded by the presbytery
in a pentagonal form.
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Hermitage
“Nuestra Señora
de la Peña Sacra”
a strong devotion still exists for this Virgen, Patron of
As it can be concluded from its own name, the hermit-
the village.
age is situated on top of the Peña Sacra (Sacred Stone),
In 1769 when the Virgen was brought in procession to
from where you have a splendid view of La Pedriza. The
the parish church in the village during the celebration of
construction dates back to the 16th century to which
its feast, the candles that surrounded the Virgen set the
afterwards additional units were attached in the 17th
church on fire, where only the sacristy was saved, leaving
century. The Virgen of the Peña Sacra is a modern
the church without its tower, roof and sacred statues.
copy of the 19th century statue that disappeared, with
The Virgen itself was also destroyed by the fire.
the exception of the Child, which is still original. Various
Likewise, Bernaldo de Quirós tells us by narrating the
documents in writing that origin from before exist in
events that the inn-keeper of Manzanares described to
which the Peña Sacra is related to druid cults, where
him at that time, that the hermitage was attacked by
Celtic priests were celebrating their rites in the woods
bandits that occupied the region, being courageously
during the millennium before Christ.
defended by the Guardesa of the Peña Sacra.
It is not completely known in which time started the cult
to the Virgen of the Peña Sacra, due to the difficulties
to find documents before the 16th century. Nowadays,
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Where to sleep
Camping
Casa Rural
Hoja de Roble
Hotel
Hotel Rural
Pensión
Where to eat
Bar
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Bodega
Cafetería
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Churrería
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El Ortigal
La Escala
Mirador La Maliciosa
Parque Real
La Pedriza
El Yelmo
Calle Montañero, 19
Calle Rincón Canarias, 4
Avda. Pedriza, 60
Calle Padre Damián, 4
Calle Urumea, 8
Avda. de la Pedriza, 69
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Casa de León
El Chanquete
El Fogón de Ana
El Paraíso
El Picadero
El Pulpo de la Sierra
La Montería
La Taurina
Maliciosa
Peces
Pedriza City
El Molino
La Cañada
Manín
Cañada 49
La Rosca
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La Jijonenca
La Hora Joven
La Huerta
Pizzareal
Asador de Carmen
Casa Goyo
Casa Julián
Casa Parra
Charca Verde
El Yelmo
Emperador
La Cocina de mi Suegra
La Taurina
Parque Real
Rincón del Alba
La Jara de La Pedriza
Calle de los Frailes, 6
Calle Panaderos, 16
Calle del Marqués de Santillana, 3
Calle Panaderos, 27
Avda. de la Paz, s/n
Calle de la Cañada, 32
Calle Real, 8
Plaza del Pueblo, 7
Avda. de la Pedriza, 58
Avda. de Madrid, 16
Plaza del Raso, 7
Calle Camino de la Peña Sacra, 26
Calle de la Cañada, 19
Plaza del Pueblo, 1
Calle de la Cañada, 37
Calle de Correos, 4
Avda. de la Paz, s/n
Plaza del Pueblo, 14
Avda. de la Pedriza, s/n
Calle Colmenar, 17
Calle de la Cañada, 41-43
Calle Real, 5
Plaza del Sagrado Corazón, 2
Avda. de la Pedriza, 128
Calle Panaderos, 15
Plaza del Raso, 9
Avda. de la Pedriza, 69
Plaza del Sagrado Corazón, 3-5
Calle de la Cañada de Toros, 27
Plaza del Pueblo, 8
Calle del Padre Damián, 4
Calle de la Paloma, 2
Calle Panaderos, 6
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Turística
Consejería de Cultura y Turismo
Dirección General de Turismo
902 100 007
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Ayuntamiento de Manzanares El Real
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