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2 unusual facts about La Mancha


Bodegas Faustino

other than Faustino itself, the company includes Campillo and Marques de Vitoria also in Rioja; Valcarlos in Navarra; Condesa de Leganza in La Mancha; Bodegas Portia in Ribera del Duero; and Bodegas Victorianas, which offers varietal table wine from across Spain.

Guadalajara railway station

Guadalajara railway station (Spanish: Estación de Guadalajara) is a railway station in Guadalajara, Spain.


Azuqueca de Henares

There is no university in Azuqueca but in several cities close: Alcalá de Henares and Guadalajara and Madrid.

Azuqueca de Henares is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

Battle of Consuegra

The Battle of Consuegra was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista fought on August 15, 1097 near the village of Consuegra in the province of Castile-La Mancha between the Castilian and Leonese army of Alfonso VI and the Almoravids under Yusuf ibn Tashfin.

Campo de La Guardia

This Vino de Pago is located in the municipality of La Guardia, in the province of Toledo (Castile-La Mancha, Spain) and acquired its status on 20 August 2009.

El Recuenco

El Recuenco is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

Glauberite

It was first described in 1808 for material from the El Castellar Mine, Villarrubia de Santiago, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

High Court of Andalusia

From 1505 to 1834, the Royal Chancery had jurisdiction over the Kingdom of Granada, over the three kingdoms that then made up Andalusia (Seville, Córdoba, and Jaén, as well as the Kingdom of Murcia, La Mancha, certain provinces of Extremadura, and the Canary Islands.

Jorge Troiteiro

Jorge Troiteiro Carasco (born 9 April 1984 in Almansa, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Doxa Katokopias F.C. in Cyprus, as an attacking midfielder.

Julián Rubio

In late April 1999, following spells with three teams (including Sevilla FC – in which he was one of four managers in 1996–97 and another four in the following season – and Club Bolívar in Bolivia), Rubio returned for the fourth time as Albacete coach, replacing Italian Luigi Maifredi late into the second level season and leading the Castile-La Mancha outfit to the 15th position (out of 22 teams).

La Musgaña

The band incorporates various instruments such as the dulcimer, fiddle, hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, flutes, guitar and bass, and performs traditional music from the Iberian peninsula, mostly from the Spanish regions of Castile, Zamora, Leon, Extremadura and La Mancha.

Las Hoyas

Las Hoyas Formation has been studied for more than two decades by researchers from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the National University of Distance Education, in collaboration with the Museo de las Ciencias de Castilla-La Mancha, which is responsible for the fossil record from the area.

Madrid–Levante high-speed rail line

The Madrid–Levante high-speed line connects Madrid with the Mediterranean coast of the Levante Region, specifically with Castile–La Mancha, the Valencian Community and the Murcia Region autonomous communities.

Sistema Central

The major mountain ranges are the Sierra de Guadarrama, which runs approximately along the border of the Madrid and Castile and León autonomous communities, the Sierra de Gredos north of the border between Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha stretching into Extremadura and containing the range's highest mountain, Pico Almanzor, at 2,592 m, as well as the Serra da Estrela, containing the highest point in continental Portugal, A Torre, 1.993 m.

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

The PSOE remained as the ruling party in the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha and Asturias.


see also

Albalate

Albalate de Zorita, in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha

Augustin Daniel Belliard

There were three potential threats, a Portuguese column of unknown strength led by Robert Thomas Wilson, the Spanish Army of La Mancha under Francisco Javier Venegas, and an insurrection.

Colonia Peralvillo

One writer, Gonzalo Peredo Goméz states that the name comes from a passage in the work Don Quixote, but spelled “Perabillo,” which referred to a place in La Mancha.

Consuegra

Most Spanish windmills, like those described in Cervantes's Don Quixote, can be found in the province of Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain.

El Puente

El Puente del Arzobispo, a municipality in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Fuensanta

Fuensanta, Albacete, a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

Gaston Baty

The second film version, made in 1963, starred Millie Perkins as Dulcinea, and was released in the U.S. as The Girl from La Mancha.

I, Don Quixote

The title of the 1959 teleplay was originally Man of La Mancha, but sponsor DuPont Corp. objected and producer David Susskind changed it to the more specific I, Don Quixote, fearing that the TV audience would not know who Wasserman was referring to if the original title was used.

La Zarza

Santa Cruz de la Zarza, village and municipality in the province of Toledo, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Mora Municipality

Mora, Spain, a municipality in the province of Toledo, autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha

Ocho de Bastos

Part of the exciting memories went back to their college years at the University of Puerto Rico (Mayagüez Campus) where local bands like “La Mancha del Jardin”, “Sol D’ Menta”, and “Magallanes” infused their music with the passion and energy that kept their audiences constantly dancing, singing, and thoroughly entertained.

Paredes

Paredes, Spain, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha

Pastrana

Pastrana, Spain, a medieval town and municipality in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha

Pobo

El Pobo de Dueñas a town in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Pullo Center

, Tracy Lawrence, Mary Ann Winkowski "The Ghost Whisperer", Man of La Mancha, Jason Aldean, Barbie Live in Fairytopia, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bob Saget, 42nd Street, Secondhand Serenade, Parachute, and The Rust.

Yélamos

Yélamos de Abajo, municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Yélamos de Arriba, municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain