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Torrelaguna
Municipality
Flag Seal
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Coordinates: 40°49′34″N 3°32′20″W / 40.82611°N 3.53889°W / 40.82611; -3.53889
Country	Spain
Region	Community of Madrid
Government
• Mayor	Miguel Santos Pérez
Area
• Total	43.4 km2 (16.8 sq mi)
Elevation	744 m (2,441 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	4,724
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	28180

Torrelaguna (Spanish pronunciation: [torelaˈɣuna]) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It covers an area of 43.40 km².^[2] As of 2022^[update], it has a population of 4,940.^[3]

Historyedit

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Public transportedit

Torrelaguna has three line buses. They are:

Line 197: Torrelaguna - Madrid (Plaza de Castilla)

Line 197D: Torrelaguna - El Vellón - El Molar

Line 913: Torrelaguna - El Atazar

Main sightsedit

The parish church of La Magdalena (started in the 14th century, inaugurated in the 18th century) is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in the community of Madrid.

Other sights include:

• Abbey of the Concepcionistas Descalzas. The chapel has a Plateresque façade from the 16th century, attributed to Juan Gil de Hontañón.
• Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (14th century).
• Ancient market place
• Palacio de Salinas, a Renaissance building.
• Town Hall (1515)
• Remains of the city walls.

Notable peopleedit

• Saint Isidore the Farmer, a pious agricultural laborer of the twelfth century prayed to for rain. He and his wife Maria were canonized in 1622.
• Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517), cardinal and statesman

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