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Fuentidueña de Tajo Town Center and Historic Landmarks

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Fuentidueña de Tajo Town Center and Historic Landmarks

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Fuentidueña de Tajo Town Center and Historic Landmarks

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Location: Fuentidueña De Tajo, Vegas, Madrid, Spain

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1. Higuerillas Stream loop from Fuentidueña de Tajo

18.0km

01:39

260m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Plaza Mayor de Titulcia – Old Bridge of Titulcia loop from Ciempozuelos

120km

08:41

1,050m

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3. Colmenar de Oreja – Fuentidueña de Tajo loop from Casco Antiguo

62.3km

03:51

590m

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Juanjo Alonso Kapi

February 25, 2024

Fuentidueña de Tajo
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The ruins of the castle reveal the strategic town of Fuentidueña de Tajo on the river bank, a passageway for important communication routes since Roman times. In the Middle Ages, the Via del Esparto was very popular, one of the most valuable products in those times in the Las Vegas region, which ran on a primitive Roman road and reached Esparteros Street, in the center of Madrid. On the way up from the castle is the Fuente de la Dueña or Fuente Salobre, it is a limestone pylon rebuilt in the 19th century and a key link in the historical foundations of Fuentidueña. The “owner” of the fountain and responsible for the name was Doña Urraca, lady of the fortress for a time, formerly called Santiago due to its connection with the order and popularly known as Torre de Piquillos, a few ruins on the hill where the fountain springs. spring. The old watchtower, the fountain, the church of San Andrés and the Plaza de la Constitución, where the Clock Tower is located, make up a valuable heritage complex in one of the most important passes of the Cañada Real Soriana Oriental in the Tagus Valley.

The livestock route crosses the Tagus Natural Trail in the streets of Fuentidueña, crosses the town to the river bank and changes banks over a historic iron bridge from the 19th century. The Tagus Bridge is a magnificent work of civil engineering inaugurated in 1867. The designer of the project was the architect José de Echevarría, who sought collaborators in France within the Eiffiel team and used riveted iron beams to build a solid bridge in a fundamental step of the Tajo plain, in the transit of the Cañada Real Soriana Oriental and the Camino Real de Valencia, an ancient Post Road and route of peasants and merchants since the Early Middle Ages. The first mechanical means to cross the Tagus riverbed was a rope boat, later replaced by a rope bridge to withstand unforeseen floods, but it was destroyed by General Prim's troops in the 19th century.

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Location: Fuentidueña De Tajo, Vegas, Madrid, Spain

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Fuentidueña de Tajo Town Center and Historic Landmarks

1. Higuerillas Stream loop from Fuentidueña de Tajo

2. Plaza Mayor de Titulcia – Old Bridge of Titulcia loop from Ciempozuelos

3. Colmenar de Oreja – Fuentidueña de Tajo loop from Casco Antiguo

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