Mora, Spain
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| Country | Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha | ||
| Province | Toledo | ||
| Municipality | Mora | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (Alcalde) | Jose Manuel Villarrubia De La Rosa (2007) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 169.6 km2 (65.5 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 717 m (2,352 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 10,072 | ||
| • Density | 59.4/km2 (154/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website | http://www.mora.es | ||
Mora is a town and municipality in Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The area is most famous for the abandoned ruins of the San Marcos de Yegros monastery of the Order of Santiago,[1] located northeast of the town of Mora about 10 km on the Calle de los Dolores in the village of Paraje de Yegros.
[edit] Name
The term "Mora" possibly derives from the Latin morum meaning moral.[2] However, Galmés de Fuentes has proposed an earlier origin, indicating that the pre-Roman root mor means "heap of stones" or cairn.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Madoz, Pascual () "Mascaraque" (1848) Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de ultramar volume 11, Madrid, page 281 OCLC 17224233
- ^ García Sánchez, Jairo Javier (2004) Toponimia mayor de la provincia de Toledo (zonas central y oriental) Instituto provincial de investigaciones y estudios toledanos, Toledo, Spain, page 241, ISBN 84-95432-05-6
- ^ Galmés de Fuentes, Álvaro (1996) Toponimia: mito e historia: discurso leído el día 15 de diciembre de 1996 en su recepción pública Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain, pages 14–15, OCLC 644629736
[edit] External links
- "Mora (Provincia de Toledo - Castilla-La Mancha)" map and photographs from Panageos
Coordinates: 39°41′02″N 3°46′37″W / 39.684°N 3.777°W
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