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The town of Pozuelo del Rey is located in the southeast area of Madrid, in a flat and dry c1ue is separated from the capital by 41 km The municipality covers an area of 31 km2 and has an altitude half of 809 m. with respect to sea level.

Located in an area of ​​Campinas east of the Community of Madrid, known as the Alcarria of Madrid. The municipality is located in a dry flat and extensive moor Alcarria.

It belongs to the Arganda court, district of the countryside of the Henares, Madrid province.

North: Valverde de Alcalá
Northwest: Torres de La Alameda
West: Nuevo Loeches
Southwest: Campo Real
East: Nuevo Baztán
Southeast: Villar del Olmo
South: Valdilecha

Area: 30,93 Km²
Altitude: 809 m
Latitude: 40°21’ 55’ ’’N
Longitude: 3°19’15’’ O

Tradition has it that this town was founded by the Muslims when they occupied this land, even if the original name, Pozuelo de Torres, could refer to the Arab watchtowers so common in this area, whose purpose was to organize a defensive line against pressure from the Christian kingdoms. The urban settlement will emerge with the reconquest of these territories by Alfonso VI, an important fact was that the definitive conquest of these lands was made by the Archbishop of Toledo Agen Barnabas in the year 1119. A few years later, in 1126, Alfonso VII gave these lands to the Archbishop of Toledo, which were incorporated into the manor and its history Prelatic joins the archbishops of Toledo. The first man who took over these lands was Archbishop Raymond, who, in the year 1135, granted a charter for the organization of the territory, “Old or Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of Alcalá”. During the following centuries and even nuesO5 days there were no major transfumn1acjos, so Pozuelo del Rey today remains one of the few municipalities in Madrid, where agriculture still plays a major role compared to other productive sectors.

It is striking sign of its streets, its whitewashed houses with red tile roof and chimney, which still retain the big gates for the passage of carriages and animals. When you reach the Plaza de la Constitucion, the picture before which is really beautiful, because with its trapezoidal shape dominates the parish church of Santo Domingo de Silos, a work done in the first half of the sixteenth century original design, for the period of transition between Gothic and Renaissance, and declared of cultural interest. It has a tower at the head, completely renovated and made ​​into bricks. On the facade of the church shows a stone sundial with Arabic numerals, and stands inside the main altar of the year 1,550. In the same square is the Town Hall, built on the architectural remains of the old building of the seventeenth century. Next to the building of the Town Hall and attached thereto by a metal frame and glass tower there is a small, structured in two parts which are separated by a slight ledge, on top of which houses the clock. Before leaving this town, we ended our visit to the admiration of a beautiful chapel located on the outskirts of town, the Hermitage of the Virgen de la Cabeza. The building is Neoclassical, Renaissance (XVI-XVII), and although the interior is quite simple, it is worth the beautiful ride through trees leading up to the chapel, and the environment where the well next to the door .

Festivity of Virgen de La Cabeza: held the fourth Sunday of September.

Hotel rural Paraíso: Paraíso Street, 3 - Telephone: 91 873 50 22
Old Winery, carefully restored and converted into country house hotel with restaurant.

Pozuelo del Rey Town Hall: Constitución Square, 1 - Telephone: 91 873 53 03
Hours: tomorrow / Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m to 15:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon from 16:30 p.m. to 19:00 p.m
C.A.P.I.: Center for Public Internet Access (Free) - Carlos Ruiz Square - Telephone: 91 872 57 43
Hours: Monday to Friday: 10:00a.m to 14:00 p.m. and 16:00 p.m. to 20:00 p.m
Saturday: 10:00 am to 14:00 p.m and 15:00 p.m. to 19:00 p.m
Sundays: 11:00 am to 14.00 p.m. and 15:00 p.m. to 19:00 p.m
Children Shed: Carlos Ruiz Square, 1 - Telephone.: 91 873 53 70
Hours: Monday through Friday from 9:00 am-13: 00p.m.
Senior center: Carlos Ruiz Square
C.E.P.A.: Center for Adult Education (Free) Constitución Square.
Hours: Monday from 16:00 p.m. to 18:30p.m Thursday from 10:00a.m to 14:00p.m, Friday 10:00 a.m from 12:00 a.m.
Doctor's Office: Valparaíso Street, 3 - Telephone: 91 873 50 31
Consultation: Monday 12:00 a.m. -15:00 p.m / Wednesday and Friday 9:00 am - 11:30 a.m./12: 00a.m.
Social Services. MISSEM: Constitución Square Telephone: 91 872 52 17
Hours: Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m to 12:00 a.m.

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• WEBSITE: City Council Website