Pastrana, Spain

Coordinates: 40°25′08″N 2°55′21″W / 40.41889°N 2.92250°W / 40.41889; -2.92250
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Pastrana
Municipality
Panorama of Pastrana
UTC+2 (CEST)
WebsiteOfficial website of Pastrana (in Spanish)

Pastrana is a

Guadalajara, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain.[3] As of 1 January 2022, it had a registered population of 850.[3] The municipality spans across a total area of 95.70 km2.[3]

Geography

Belonging to the

Alcarria natural region, the town is located at the confluence of two small water streams close to the Arlés River [es],[4] a small Tagus
tributary.

History

There is no mention to Pastrana in early medieval records.

Alcarria region from their stronghold in Zorita after the late 12th century.[6] Pastrana was granted the privilege of villazgo ('township') in 1369, thereby asserting autonomy from Zorita.[7] Parallel to the decline of Zorita, the council of Pastrana consolidated during the 15th century, thriving as a market place.[8]

The town was one of the main centers of the mystic

Kingdom of Toledo in the early 16th century.[9]

A substantial number of

Upon the expulsion of the Moriscos in the early 17th century, their place in the local economy was occupied by the Portuguese, so the beginning of the Castilian crisis of the 17th century was postponed in the town to the last years of the century.[12]

18th- and 19th-century Pastrana underwent a period of stagnancy and decline, enduring a process of ramping

ruralization.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NGA: (WWW) Geonames Search - OGC Viewer WWW". Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  3. ^ a b c "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ Herrera Casado 2006, p. 10.
  5. ^ Alegre Carvajal 2003, p. 37.
  6. ^ Alegre Carvajal 2003, pp. 25, 36−37.
  7. ^ Alegre Carvajal 2003, p. 36.
  8. ^ Alegre Carvajal 2003, pp. 49−50.
  9. ^ Santiago Otero 1955, pp. 624, 626.
  10. ^ Vincent 2010, pp. 105−106.
  11. ^ Vincent 2010, p. 106.
  12. ^ Alegre Carvajal 2011, p. 4.
  13. ^ Alegre Carvajal 2011, pp. 4−5.

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