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Village · Guadalajara · 1,109 m

Tortonda

Tortonda is a village in Alcolea del Pinar, around 1,110 metres above sea level, at the region’s western edge. It was an independent municipality until 1970. Its Concepción church is a fine example of rural Romanesque architecture, with a porticoed gallery unusually open to the north. In 1960 it still had more than two hundred residents.

What to see in Tortonda

  • The church of La Concepción, Romanesque, featuring an arcade on paired columns facing north and a western portal with two archivolts.

A village of the Duchy

Tortonda sits at around 1,110 metres, in the western part of the comarca, on lands that historically belonged to the Duchy of Medinaceli. In 1960 it still had more than two hundred inhabitants. In 1970 it merged as a municipality with Cortes de Tajuña and Villaverde del Ducado into Alcolea del Pinar.

Nearby

Luzaga, with the hillfort of El Castejón, is about seven kilometres away; Alcolea del Pinar and its Casa de Piedra, nine kilometres.

Places in and around Tortonda

Heritage

Church of Tortonda: a Romanesque gallery facing north

Tortonda

Near Tortonda

Canyon · 5.2 km straight-line distance away

Tajuña Valley in Torrecuadrada: Protected Karstic Canyons

Torrecuadradilla
Castle · 5.6 km straight-line distance away

Castle of Albalate de Tajuña (Luzaga)

Luzaga
Archaeological site · 7 km straight-line distance away

El Castejón of Luzaga: the oppidum of the Celtiberian bronze

Luzaga
Geosite · 12.4 km straight-line distance away

Fossil waves of Padilla del Ducado: a 240-million-year-old seabed

Anguita
Archaeological site · 12.5 km straight-line distance away

Roman camp of La Cerca (Aguilar de Anguita)

Aguilar de Anguita
Archaeological site · 13.8 km straight-line distance away

Dolmen of Portillo de las Cortes (Aguilar de Anguita)

Aguilar de Anguita
Castle · 14.8 km straight-line distance away

Torre de la Cigüeña: The Watchtower Over Anguita and the Tajuña

Anguita
Archaeological site · 15.4 km straight-line distance away

Castro de Hocincavero (Anguita)

Anguita

Population of Tortonda, 1842–1960

Tortonda reached a peak of 273 inhabitants in 1910 ; in 1960 it had 212, before merging into the municipality of Alcolea del Pinar.

Population trend of Tortonda 1842: 144 inh.1857: 187 inh.1860: 183 inh.1877: 223 inh.1887: 203 inh.1897: 205 inh.1900: 226 inh.1910: 273 inh.1920: 268 inh.1930: 240 inh.1940: 226 inh.1950: 221 inh.1960: 212 inh. 1842186018871900192019401960 273 212
Between the 1970 census and the previous one, this municipality ceased to exist after incorporation into Alcolea del Pinar. INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in Tortonda month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,109 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. max (°C)7101215202530292318119
Avg. min (°C)-0124813161612841
Rainfall (mm)494479815252141445816050
Rainy days8711129933710117
Frost days19138300000049

Location

Location: Tortonda LuzagaChurch of Tortonda: a Romanesque gallery facing northTajuña Valley in Torrecuadrada: Protected Karstic CanyonsCastle of Albalate de Tajuña (Luzaga)El Castejón of Luzaga: the oppidum of the Celtiberian bronze Luzaga Reference
Atlas diagram. Tortonda: large reference point. Rivers: © OpenStreetMap.

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Reference villages: Luzaga · Alcolea del Pinar · Aguilar de Anguita · Torrecuadradilla.

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