Pinto, Madrid

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Pinto is a town in the southeast of Madrid (Spain) (40°15′N 3°42′W).

Formerly, the belief was that Pinto sat on the geographic middle of the Iberian Peninsula, hence its name comes from the Latin Punctum, "point".

Contents

  • To the North: Getafe.
  • To the South: Torrejón de Velasco and Valdemoro.
  • To the East: San Martín de la Vega.
  • To the West: Parla and Fuenlabrada.

  • Ermita de San Antón ("Saint Anthony Abbot hermitage"). Its environment is now transformed by the construction of a mall.
  • Ermita del Cristo ("Christ hermitage") In its interior is a crucified Christ that it enjoys great popular fervor.
  • Iglesia parroquial de Santo Domingo de Silos ("Parish of Saint Dominique of Silos")

  • Éboli tower, wher the princess of Eboli was held.
  • Centro Cultural Infanta Cristina. It was thought until recently that this building, then known as Casa de la Cadena (House of the Chain), provided accommodations for the Catholic Monarchs, but serious historical studies deny such possibility.
  • Centro Municipal de Cultura ("Local Culture Center")
  • Francisco Rabal Town Theatre.

A Spanish proverbial phrase is estar entre Pinto y Valdemoro, literally "being between Pinto and Valdemoro", meaning "being neither here nor there", "being undecided".

  • Gonzalo de Arteaga, local chronist, writer and archaeologist.
  • Carlos Lapeña Morón, writer.
  • Pilar Oraá, sculptress.
  • Diana Abad, gymnast.
  • Rosario de Acuña, writer.
  • Alberto Contador, Liberty Seguros cyclist.
  • Augusto Klappenbach, university professor

Demographics Evolution
1889 1900 1920 1930 1950 1960 1970 1975 1982 1990 1998 2005
- - - - - - - - - - - 37.559

Mayors list
Legislature Name Group
1979-1983 Carlos Penit PCE
1983-1987 Carlos Penit PCE
1987-1991 Carlos Penit IU
1991-1995 Gloria Razábal IU
1995-1999 Antonio Fernández PSOE
1999-2003 Antonio Fernández PSOE
2003-2005 Antonio Fernández PSOE
2005-2007 Juan Tendero PSOE

  • Juan Carlos I Park.
  • Shopping mall Plaza Éboli.

  • Regional park of the Southeast.

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