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Galapagar is a town and municipality northwest of Madrid, Spain, situated in the autonomous community of the Community of Madrid. Of all the towns in the area, it has experienced the most growth, mostly because of immigration and the development of old livestock fields.
Galapagar borders Collado Villalba, Colmenarejo, Torrelodones, Las Rozas de Madrid, El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Villanueva del Pardillo, Hoyo de Manzanares, Moralzarzal and Guadarrama.
The name Galapagar comes from the Spanish galápago, meaning turtle, as the town centre was sited near a lake full of turtles.
The town first appears as a village in the eleventh century, its importance due to the frequent hunting expeditions by the Spanish royalty, and being a main stop on the road from the capital to the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Sights in the town include the church of The Asunción (Assumption).
Galapagar is served by lines C-3, C-8 and C-10 of the Cercanías Madrid commuter rail service at its Galapagar-La Navata train station; and by 9 lines of the Interurban Bus Service linking it to the Moncloa district of Madrid.
Jacinto Benavente, one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century and 1922 laurate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is buried here.
Bullfighting, stock-breeding, pasturing and beef production are the main activities in Galapagar.
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El puente de la Alcanzorla es una obra de ingeniería, probablemente levantada entre los siglos IX y XI. Se alza sobre el río Guadarrama, dentro del término municipal español de Galapagar, localidad situada en la zona noroeste de la Comunidad de Madrid.
Puente
El Puente Nuevo, de origen renacentista, se encuentra en el término de Galapagar, municipio situado en el noroeste de la Comunidad de Madrid (España), dentro del Parque Regional del curso medio del río Guadarrama y su entorno.
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IglesiaBien de interés cultural
Yacimiento
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Iglesia
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Mirador
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Ermita
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5 plans to experience Galapagar on the move, not just passing through.
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Places and plans from OpenStreetMap (ODbL): what is mapped within the municipal boundary, by name. If something is missing, it can be added there and will appear here in the next update.
What there really is in the village and around it, with distances. If an activity isn't on this list, we haven't found it nearby.
