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Molina de Aragón

Molina de Aragón

Place in Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Molina de Aragón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 3,671 inhabitants. It held the record (−28.2 °C) for the lowest temperature measured by a meteorological station in Spain, and now it's on the third place.[2]

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It was the seat of the taifa of Molina, a Moorish independent state, before it was reconquered by the Christians of Alfonso I of Aragon in 1129. On 21 April 1154 Manrique Pérez de Lara issued a sweeping fuero to the town of Molina, which he was building into a semi-independent fief.[3] He and his descendants claimed to rule Molina Dei gratia ("by the grace of God"). Molina is also the type location of the carbonate mineral aragonite.

Main sights

  • Medieval alcazar (10th–11th centuries), the largest in the province
  • Roman bridge (Puente Viejo)
  • Convent of St. Francis
  • Giraldo (St. Francis Church Bell Tower)
  • Church of Santa Clara
  • Church of Santa María de San Gil
  • Molina-Alto Tajo Geopark, Molina de Aragon is within this Geopark.

List of settlements in the municipality

Climate

Molina de Aragón has an atypical variety of the oceanic climate with semi-arid influences. Due to its irregular precipitation patterns the location does not fall into the clear mediterranean zones to the south-west or the semi-arid that is common in the region, with significant precipitation in the summer and very low in the winter.

More information Climate data for Molina de Aragón 1062m (1981–2010), Month ...
  • A typical inn (built 1826) at Molina de Aragón, Spain.
  • Old bridge over the Gallo river, 13th century, in the background the Medieval alcazar of Molina de Aragón, Spain.
  • Giraldo on top of St. Francis Church bell Tower.
  • Posada de los Comuneros.
  • Tower of Aragon.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. [2]
    "Temperaturas históricas en España". El Tiempo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 265.
  4. [4]
    "Molina de Aragón Climate Normals 1981-2010". Aemet.es. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Molina de Aragón Climate Extremes". Aemet.es. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
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