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Located on a marked
meander of the Lozoya
, a river that gives the Madrid town of Buitrago its last name, this municipality at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama lived its golden age in the Middle Ages, when Henry II granted the Mendoza
family
lordship of the town and the lands and towns that surrounded it.
The robust double walled enclosure, the most important and best preserved in the Community of Madrid, dates from that time.
The so-called high wall of Buitrago del Lozoya has been enabled on its southern side for visits.
The Two Millennia of Artillery
exhibition is also on display here , which shows
siege engines
and medieval weapons
in its environment .
Inside the enclosure, which is accessed through an arch under the wall and the
Clock Tower,
the monumental Gothic-Mudejar castle of the Mendoza family and the slender
church of Santa María del Castillo
stand out .
The intramural fabric and farmhouse have not lost the medieval atmosphere of yesteryear.
Church of Buitrago del Lozoya.C.
MADRID
Outside the walls is the Town Hall, in whose basement one of the treasures of the town is hidden.
More now that the beginning of the year dedicated to its protagonist is approaching.
The
Picasso Museum-Eugenio Arias de Buitrago Collection
is one of the oldest in Spain dedicated to the painter from Malaga.
Arias was
Pablo Ruiz Picasso's personal barber
in his exile in the South of France.
'For my friend Arias'
United to the teacher by a close friendship, Arias decided to open a museum in which he would show
all the gifts he received from the artist
.
Drawings, ceramics, posters, books and objects as unique as the box of hairdressing supplies, with the
lid pyrographed
by the Andalusian with bullfighting motifs and a dedication: "For my friend Arias".
Interior of the Picasso museum-Eugenio Arias Collection.ESMADRID
Although it is always interesting to visit this Madrid town, one of the most emblematic moments of the year in Buitrago del Lozoya is
Christmas
.
Then, the battlements of the
long wall,
together with some selected corners of the old town of this town, are taken over by a singular brotherhood.
It happens every Christmas since 1988.
Declared
a Festival of Tourist Interest
, it is made up of around two hundred residents, who represent up to 39 typical scenes of a traditional Bethlehem.
One of the first of its kind in Spain, the Buitrago Living Birth attracts
visitors from all over the country,
who enjoy its more than 1,300-meter route, the longest in our territory.
PRACTICAL GUIDE
WHERE TO
SLEEP
In the rural hotel La Beltraneja, very cozy.
WHERE TO
EAT
In the Las Murallas grill, popular and pleasant.
MORE INFORMATION
.
At the Buitrago del Lozoya Tourist Office.
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