Buitrago del Lozoya
Municipality in Community of Madrid, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Buitrago del Lozoya (Spanish pronunciation: [bwiˈtɾaɣo ðel loˈθoʝa]) is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sierra Norte. The town is one of the few in the community that have maintained its walls, which are of Moorish origin (11th century) and have been restored in the 15th century. It lies on a peninsula surrounded by the Lozoya river.
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Buitrago del Lozoya | |
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Coordinates: 40°59′31″N 3°38′20″W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Community of Madrid |
Province | Madrid |
Comarca | Sierra Norte (Madrid) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Tomás Fernández |
Area | |
• Total | 26.5 km2 (10.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 975 m (3,199 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 1,875 |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Demonym | Buitragueños |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 28730 |
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Other sights include:
- Buitrago del Lozoya Castle, a Gothic-Mudéjar structure dating from the 15th century, with rectangular plan
- the church of Santa María del Castillo (1321), in the same style
- the Picasso Museum. This small museum contains works by Pablo Picasso from the collection of Eugenio Arias. Arias, a barber by profession, came from Buitrago and was a friend of the artist.[2]