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Sigüenza

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Sigüenza () is a city in the Serranía de Guadalajara comarca, Province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

Key facts

Settlement.timezone1_DST
CEST (GMT +2)
Settlement.name
Sigüenza
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Sigüenza.JPG
Settlement.image_flag
Bandera de Sigüenza (Guadalajara).svg
Settlement.image_shield
Escudo de Sigüenza.svg
Settlement.shield_size
90px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Sigüenza within Castile-La Mancha##Location of Sigüenza within Spain
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Spain Castilla-La Mancha#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Guadalajara
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Serranía de Guadalajara
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.parts_type
Towns (pedanías)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Main sights
  • Cathedral
  • Castle
  • Other buildings
  • University of Sigüenza
  • Twin towns
  • See also
  • Sources and references
  • External links

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Sigüenza | official_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Sigüenza.JPG | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandera de Sigüenza (Guadalajara).svg | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = Escudo de Sigüenza.svg | shield_size = 90px | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = Location of Sigüenza within Castile-La Mancha##Location of Sigüenza within Spain | pushpin_map = Spain Castilla-La Mancha#Spain | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Autonomous Community | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_type3 = Comarca | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_name2 = Guadalajara | subdivision_name3 = Serranía de Guadalajara | established_title = Founded | established_date = | parts_type = Towns (pedanías) | parts_style = | p1 = Alboreca | p2 = Alcuneza | p3 = El Atance | p4 = Barbatona | p5 = La Barbolla | p6 = Bujalcayado | p7 = Bujarrabal | p8 = La Cabrera | p9 = Carabias | p11 = Cercadillo | p12 = Cubillas del Pinar | p13 = Guijosa | p14 = Horna | p15 = Imón | p16 = Matas | p17 = Mojares | p18 = Moratilla de Henares | p19 = Olmedillas | p20 = Querencia | p21 = Palazuelos | p22 = Pelegrina | p23 = Pozancos | p24 = Riba de Santiuste | p25 = Riosalido | p26 = Sigüenza | p27 = Torre de Valdealmendras | p28 = Ures | p29 = Valdealmendras | p30 = Villacorza | government_footnotes = | government_type = Mayor-council government | governing_body = Ayuntamiento de Sigüenza | leader_party = PP | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = José Manuel Latre Rebled (2011) | total_type = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 386.87 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = door has also Plateresque carvings and was damaged by a cat door and the Napoleonic troops. The half cannon vault features 304 big heads, all different, and 2000 smaller ones, hence the nickname of the room.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sigüenza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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