Navalcarnero
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Postal code | 28600 |
Navalcarnero is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) from Madrid.
Sights include the church of
History
By the end of 1499 the city of
On 10 October 1499 the first Mayor of Navalcarnero was elected from the six residents of Perales that founded the village.
Shortly after its foundation, in 1521, Alonso de Arreo,
Navalcarnero was under Segovian jurisdiction until 1627 (128 years), during which it was attacked several times and burned four times by the nearby domains. The city held a lawsuit against the Marquisate of Moya that lasted 93 years for the property of the Marimartín meadows. It also protected the rest of the municipality from don Gonzalo Chacón and his descendants for 118 years (until 1617).
In 1627 the municipality bought its own jurisdiction to the Crown, becoming an independent city; it kept, however, the Segovian coat of arms in its own.
Spanish Civil War
In October 1936 Navalcarnero fell to Nationalist forces as they advanced on Madrid.[2]
In 1937, during and after the
Transportation
The main access is through the A-5
Cevesa also links Madrid (Méndez Álvaro, line 536) with the housing development of Fado/Calypo, with several stops along the way in Alcorcón, Móstoles and Navalcarnero.
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Beevor (2006) p.187
- ISBN 978 0 7538 2165 7.
- ISBN 978 1 4088 5398 6.
- ISBN 978 1 78131 233 9.