Madrigal de las Altas Torres | |
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  Madrigal de las Altas Torres Location in Spain  Madrigal de las Altas Torres Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 41°5′22″N 4°59′56″W / 41.08944°N 4.99889°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Ávila |
| Area | |
| • Total | 106.80 km2 (41.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 809 m (2,654 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,440 |
| Website | Official website  |
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Madrigal de las Altas Torres (in English: Madrigal of the high towers) is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Ávila, autonomous community of Castile and León. Displaying a total area of 106.80 km2, the municipality has, as of 2019, a registered population of 1,415.[2] The municipality is located in the northernmost end of the province of Ávila, near the provinces of Salamanca and Valladolid.[3]
The toponym is recorded earliest in the middle ages as Matrigale and Madrigal, whilst the second part of the current placename is a late modern addition.[4] Hitherto a hamlet of the land of Arévalo, Madrigal earned a fuero in 1017 (ratified in 1168), becoming closely linked to the affairs of the House of Trastámara in the late middle ages.[4]
The town was encircled by walls in the Middle Ages (following a near-circular outline).[5] Today some parts of the walls are still preserved, most notably the southwestern part.[6] Madrigal experienced a massive rural flight after the 1950s.[6] The Junta of Castile and León declared the historical centre of the municipality as bien de interés cultural (conjunto histórico) in September 2020.[7]
