Chinchón
Sign in to saveChinchón () is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Located 50 km south-east of the city of Madrid, the municipality covers an area of 115.91 km2. , it has a population of 5,239. Its historic centre, with a notable main square, was declared a Heritage Site in 1974.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chinchón
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
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- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Chinchon.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Chinchón.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Community of Madrid#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Community of Madrid
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 753
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 115.91
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Chinchonete /-a
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Official language(s)
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Heritage
- Plaza Mayor
- Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
- Clock tower
- Castle of the Counts
- Convent of San Agustín
- Convent of the Poor Clares
- Castillo de Casasola
- History
- First settlements and foundation of the town
- From Dominion to Head of the County
- Decadence and the Napoleonic wars
- Reconstruction by civil society
- In film
- Early days: Michael Anderson, Nicholas Ray, Henry Hathaway
- Orson Welles
- Spanish cinema
- Wes Anderson
- See also
- References
- External links
Chinchón () is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Located 50 km south-east of the city of Madrid, the municipality covers an area of 115.91 km2. , it has a population of 5,239. Its historic centre, with a notable main square, was declared a Heritage Site in 1974.
== Heritage == left|176x176px|The main square from the Mirador