Buitrago del Lozoya
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Buitrago del Lozoya is a municipality
of the Community of Madrid, Spain
. The town is one of the few in the community that have maintained its walls, which are of Moorish
origin (11th century) and have been restored in the 15th century. It lies on a peninsula surrounded by the Lozoya river.
Other sights include:
Municipalities of Spain
The municipalities of Spain In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. municipi.*Galician or , sing. municipio/bisbarra.*Basque , sing. udalerria. are the basic level of Spanish local government...
of the Community of Madrid, Spain
Spain
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. The town is one of the few in the community that have maintained its walls, which are of Moorish
Moors
The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of the Maghreb region who are predominately of Berber and Arab descent. They came to conquer and rule the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. At that time they were Muslim, although earlier the people had followed...
origin (11th century) and have been restored in the 15th century. It lies on a peninsula surrounded by the Lozoya river.
Other sights include:
- Buitrago del Lozoya Castle, a GothicGothic architectureGothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
-MudéjarMudéjarMudéjar is the name given to individual Moors or Muslims of Al-Andalus who remained in Iberia after the Christian Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity...
structure dating from the 15th century, with rectangular plan - the church of Santa María del Castillo (1321), in the same style
- the Picasso Museum containing works by Pablo PicassoPablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
from the collection of Eugenio Arias Herranz, a friend of the artist.