User:BuckyAdopt/Alta Sagra

The Alta Sagra is a little known historical region located between the rivers Tajo and Guadarrama, in the north of the province of Toledo, whose municipalities include Esquivias, Illescas, Seseña and Carranque. It belongs to the region of La Sagra, formed by the Sagra Alta and Sagra Baja.

In Esquivias Miguel de Cervantes lived for three years, in the house of Alonso Quijada, after marrying Catalina de Palacios.

Illescas has Greek origins, it had a population of 12,000 people in the XVi century, which then decreased and has been greatly surpassed today due to the real estate boom, which has represented the construction of numerous new residential neighborhoods. The sanctuary of the Virgen de la Caridad with paintings by El Greco stands out.

Carranque is another fast-growing town that has within walking distance and next to the Guadarrama River, the archaeological park of Carranque, where the remains of a basilica and the villa of Materno, a Roman house of about a thousand square meters built with magnificent mosaics in a good state of preservation.

Seseña is a town with an exponential population growth in recent years, the fourth most populated in the province of Toledo. With settlements since prehistoric times and populated by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, Arabs, thanks to its trade with salt from the Salinas Espartinas, and its wine production. It has the castle of Puñoenrostro and a ZEPA area (Special Protection Area for Birds) for its wetlands.

The Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Alta Sagra is formed by the following municipalities, in alphabetical order: Borox, Carranque, Cedillo del Condado, Cobeja, Esquivias, Illescas, Numancia de la Sagra, Palomeque, Pantoja, Seseña, Ugena, El Viso de San Juan, Yeles and Yuncos.