VALVERDE DE ALCALÁ

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Small town dotted with olive, almond and pine isolated concentrations, whose main activity is farming.

Located in an area of ​​Campinas east of the Community of Madrid, known as the Alcarria of Madrid. The municipality is located at the foot of a barren fitted to the edge of a valley.

It belongs to the judicial Alcalá de Henares, the countryside of Campiña of Henares, Madrid province.

North: Villalbilla
West: Torres de La Alameda
East: Corpa
Southeast: Nuevo Baztán
South: Pozuelo del Rey

Area: 13,53 Km²
Altitude: 723 m
Latitude: 40°25’ 0’ ’’N
Longitude: 3°18’0’’ O

It is not known the time of founding of Valverde, but the tradition that formerly llamón Quejo, a name that actually corresponds to an unpopulated area located about 3 km. east of Pozuelo, whose population was forced to leave because of the plague, moved to its present location. The first historical reference to Valverde's have in the year that King Alfonso VII of Castile archbishopric of Toledo donated to the town of Alcala and villages. This community regime ended in 1564, the year in which Valverde went on to acquire the exempt category of village.

Parish Church of St. Thomas: XVII century building, a single nave, with tower of three bodies. The interior keeps a relief of the Entombment of the sixteenth century and a Gothic sculpture of Our Lady of the Angels with the child in the fourteenth century. Convent of Our Lady of the Angels: building depended on the Dominican College of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Angels, founded in the university town of Alcala in 1529 by the Dean of the Cathedral of Toledo, Don Carlos de Mendoza. It is particularly important in this building mural decoration is still preserved inside. In 1836 he was disentailed.

Carnival: On Saturday night they held a costume party with prizes for the costume-made and original.
Festivities San Isidro Labrador: May 15, charities are distributed (in breads cakes) and lemonade.
Patron Saint Festival: in honor of the Blessed Virgin Our Lady of the Angels. Held the second week of September. Stresses the Salve in honor of the Virgin.

La Solana Bar : Major Square, 2 Phone: 91 885 98 00

City Council of Valverde de Alcalá: Major Square, 1 Phone: 91 885 93 51
Municipal Office: Alley Major Square, 2 - Phone: 91 885 04 84
Center for Public Internet Access (C.A.P.I.): Ramón y Cajal Street, 2 - Phone: 91 885 02 73
Senior Citizen Home “Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles”: San Roque Street, 1
CRA “Friends of Peace”: San Roque Street, 1 - Phone: 91 885 96 39
Municipal Reading Center: Cervantes Street, 1

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• WEBSITE: City Council Website