El Puente del Arzobispo
Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Puente del Arzobispo is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha.[2] The municipality spans across a total area of 0.98 km2 and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a registered population of 1,225.[2] Together with neighbouring Talavera de la Reina, El Puente del Arzobispo was a producing centre of Maiolica pottery in Early-Modern Spain.[3]
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  El Puente del Arzobispo Location in Spain  El Puente del Arzobispo El Puente del Arzobispo (Castilla-La Mancha) | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′N 5°10′W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Province | Toledo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.98 km2 (0.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,246 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Initiated towards 1380 or 1383 under the oversight of Archbishop of Toledo Pedro Tenorio, the bridge over the Tagus was already built by 1388.[4][5] Housing developed in the bridge's vicinity.[6] The archbishop granted rights for the collection of the tithe and the bridge toll to the newly-born town, that otherwise also prospered thanks to the construction of gristmills.[7] Over the course of the 15th century and up until the 1492 expulsion, Villafranca de la Puente del Arzobispo (later El Puente del Arzobispo) hosted a small Jewish community.[8] Some of the forcibly exiled Jews (who had moved to Portugal) soon returned as conversos.[9]
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