Titulcia

Titulcia
Municipality
The Jarama river at Titulcia
Seal
Municipal location within the Community of Madrid.
Titulcia Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°8′12″N 3°34′12″W / 40.13667°N 3.57000°W / 40.13667; -3.57000
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Community of Madrid
Province	Madrid
Comarca	Las Vegas
Government
• Mayor	Fuencisla Molinero Cuenca
Area
• Total	9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Elevation	509 m (1,670 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,304
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Climate	BSk

Titulcia is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain.

History

Supposedly of Roman origin, Titulcia is situated on the ancient military road from Emerita Augusta and Cesaraugusta (now Zaragoza). With the arrival of the Arabs, the city was razed, but it regained its previous significance during the Reconquest and thereafter taking the name of Bayonne (c. 1208)

Its strategic position was recognized by the French occupiers during the Napoleonic Wars, who held it until 1814. After the defeat of the French, the town recovered its original name at the insistence of King Fernando VII.

The city was destroyed, for the fifth time in its history, during the Spanish Civil War, when it was the divisional headquarters of Republican forces.

Fiestas

• Fiesta del día del Hornazo, a sort of hot cross bun to celebrate Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday
• Fiesta de la Virgen del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary), last week in August

References

External links

• http://www.titulcia.org/
• Rural Development Association Website (in Spanish) La Asociación de Desarrollo Rural Aranjuez-Comarca de las Vegas (ARACOVE)

40°08′N 3°34′W / 40.133°N 3.567°W / 40.133; -3.567

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