Soto del Real
Soto del Real, whose former name was Chozas de la Sierra, is a town and municipality in the northern area of the autonomous Community of Madrid which had 9,188 inhabitants in 2022.[2]
43 kilometers away from Madrid, the capital city, it is located between the towns of Manzanares el Real and Miraflores de la Sierra, and close to the Santillana reservoir.
Geography
It is located in the north of the Community of Madrid, in Spain, in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. The municipality has an elongated shape that goes from Northwest to Southeast, and the majority of it is protected inside the Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares.
It borders with Manzanares el Real on the West, Miraflores de la Sierra on the East, Colmenar Viejo on the South, and Rascafría on the North.
Soto del Real encompasses a variety of terrains: mountain tops, slopes, and the Manzanares-Guadalix tectonic pit. The urban nucleus is inside the pit, going through the Mediano, Chozas and Matarrubias streams, which flow into the Santillana reservoir, so they are tributaries of the Manzanares river.
Geologically speaking, it is divided into the Mountain range, where there is a predominance of Gneiss with granite outcrops, and the pit formed by a tertiary sedimentary fill. Furthermore, in the South area there is limestone from the Mesozoic era.
History
The first evidence of settlements in Soto del Real dates from the 10th century, with archeological remains of houses and ceramics attributed to shepherds.
During the 13th century, the area encompassing Colmenar Viejo, Chozas de la Sierra and Porquerizas (Miraflores de la Sierra) was a source of legal conflict between the provinces of Madrid and Segovia, with John I of Castile incorporating Chozas to the municipality of El Real de Manzanres in 1389.
In 1568 Philip II of Spain exempted Chozas from El Real de Manzanares.
The name Soto del Real has been in use since a 1959 vote in which the local population chose the name over Alameda de la Sierra or its historic one, Chozas de la Sierra. The town's coat of arms makes reference to both of the town's names.
Soto makes reference to the numerous trees and forests surrounding (in Spanish Sotos), del Real referring to its historical ties to El Real de Manzanares from 1389 till 1568.
Festivities
The first weekend of August Soto del Real celebrates its festivities in honour of the Virgen del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary), patron of the municipality.
The 7 October, day of the Virgin of the Rosary, is also celebrated, as is 15 May, day of San Isidro
Bus lines
- SE720: Colmenar Viejo - Manzanares el Real
- 720: Colmenar Viejo - Collado Villalba
- 721: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Colmenar Viejo (only Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays the buses of this line continue to Madrid V Penitentiary Center, in the outskirts of Soto del Real)
- 724: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Manzanares el Real - El Boalo
- 725: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Miraflores de la Sierra - Bustarviejo - Valdemanco
- 726: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Guadalix - Navalafuente
References
External links
- Municipal website (in Spanish)
- Soto del Real Forum-Foro de Soto del Real (in Spanish)
- Municipal news website (in Spanish)
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- La Acebeda
- Ajalvir
- Alameda del Valle
- El Álamo
- Aldea del Fresno
- Algete
- Alpedrete
- Ambite
- Anchuelo
- Arroyomolinos
- El Atazar
- Batres
- Becerril de la Sierra
- Belmonte de Tajo
- El Berrueco
- Berzosa del Lozoya
- El Boalo
- Braojos
- Brea de Tajo
- Brunete
- Buitrago del Lozoya
- Bustarviejo
- Cabanillas de la Sierra
- La Cabrera
- Cadalso de los Vidrios
- Camarma de Esteruelas
- Campo Real
- Canencia
- Carabaña
- Casarrubuelos
- Cenicientos
- Cercedilla
- Cervera de Buitrago
- Chapinería
- Chinchón
- Ciempozuelos
- Cobeña
- Collado Mediano
- Colmenar de Oreja
- Colmenar del Arroyo
- Colmenarejo
- Corpa
- Cubas de la Sagra
- El Escorial
- Estremera
- Fresnedillas de la Oliva
- Fresno de Torote
- Fuente el Saz de Jarama
- Fuentidueña de Tajo
- Garganta de los Montes
- Gargantilla del Lozoya y Pinilla de Buitrago
- Gascones
- Griñón
- Guadalix de la Sierra
- Guadarrama
- La Hiruela
- Horcajo de la Sierra
- Horcajuelo de la Sierra
- Hoyo de Manzanares
- Loeches
- Lozoya
- Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias
- Madarcos
- Manzanares el Real
- Meco
- Miraflores de la Sierra
- El Molar
- Los Molinos
- Mejorada del Campo
- Montejo de la Sierra
- Moraleja de Enmedio
- Moralzarzal
- Morata de Tajuña
- Navacerrada
- Navalafuente
- Navalagamella
- Navarredonda y San Mamés
- Navas del Rey
- Nuevo Baztán
- Olmeda de las Fuentes
- Orusco de Tajuña
- Paracuellos de Jarama
- Pedrezuela
- Pelayos de la Presa
- Perales de Tajuña
- Pezuela de las Torres
- Pinilla del Valle
- Piñuécar-Gandullas
- Pozuelo del Rey
- Prádena del Rincón
- Puebla de la Sierra
- Puentes Viejas
- Quijorna
- Rascafría
- Redueña
- Ribatejada
- Robledillo de la Jara
- Robledo de Chavela
- Robregordo
- Rozas de Puerto Real
- San Agustín del Guadalix
- San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- San Martín de la Vega
- San Martín de Valdeiglesias
- Santa María de la Alameda
- Santorcaz
- Los Santos de la Humosa
- La Serna del Monte
- Serranillos del Valle
- Sevilla la Nueva
- Somosierra
- Soto del Real
- Talamanca de Jarama
- Tielmes
- Titulcia
- Torrejón de la Calzada
- Torrejón de Velasco
- Torrelaguna
- Torrelodones
- Torremocha de Jarama
- Torres de la Alameda
- Valdaracete
- Valdeavero
- Valdelaguna
- Valdemanco
- Valdemaqueda
- Valdemorillo
- Valdeolmos-Alalpardo
- Valdepiélagos
- Valdetorres de Jarama
- Valdilecha
- Valverde de Alcalá
- El Vellón
- Venturada
- Villa del Prado
- Villaconejos
- Villalbilla
- Villamanrique de Tajo
- Villamanta
- Villamantilla
- Villanueva de la Cañada
- Villanueva del Pardillo
- Villanueva de Perales
- Villar del Olmo
- Villarejo de Salvanés
- Villavieja del Lozoya
- Zarzalejo