Escalona (Toledo, Spain)
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Name (Latin)
Escalona (Toledo, Spain)
Coordinates
-4.405277777 -4.405277777 40.17083333 40.17083333 (gooearth )
Associated country
Spain
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Malalana Ureña, A. Escalona medieval, 1987?:verso t.p. (Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Escalona) prólogo (the name Escalona appears for the first time in an official document in 1130 A.D., having at that time a fortified castle and two brothers as the royal guardians of the site; it laterappears in a papal bull in 1148 as being one of the towns in the diocese of Toledo)
- BGN gaz., Spain, 1961(Escalona; ppl; 40p0s10'N, 04p0s24'W; in the province of Toledo; one other given with same name, in Huesca prov.)
Wikipedia description:
Escalona is a municipality located in the north of the province of Toledo, which in turn is part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2017 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 3,240 inhabitants, many of whom are settled in several housing estates outside the town itself. The town lies 30 metres above the right bank of the river Alberche, in the comarca of Torrijos, which is a part of the historical region of New Castile.
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