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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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