Water and stone are combined in the being of Colmenar del Arroyo, who has known the good and less good taste of history along its evolution as a municipality, bidding for tertiary activities in these early years of the twenty-first century after browsed, For example, beyond the Atlantic with the help of some famous residents that participated in the American colonization or several mines have exploded, becoming the town with more established tradition of the mining district.

Overview

Size: 50 6 km ²

Population: 1348 inhabitants

Gentile: Colmenareños

At 50 km from the capital

A little history

The gentle hand that usually appears when attempting to clear the origin of the municipalities at this time is related to the profusion of beehives which has hosted the West End of the Sierra due to the attraction of the bees is juicy flora, in addition to the colorful stream Corraliza that crosses their land. Founded by local residents during the Reconquista Segovia was later incorporated into the Community Land Segovia within Sexmo of Casarrubios. In the last decade of the fifteenth century, after finally settling in the core area now known as Viejo Pajar, addressed the reconstruction of the bridge in town. Visigothic necropolis attests to the existence of the nucleus before the twelfth century, the century that has historically been dating their origin. Hardly has transcended the centuries XVI and XVII of its church building, the license for Villa, and changing property owners turning to the Duke of Noblejas depend on the vicarage of Toledo.

Colmenar del Arroyo has given the names of major American conquest in the sixteenth century, as Pedro de Elcano, and economic activity, one hundred years later focused on the exploitation of silver and lead mines. 've Already emerged in the nineteenth century the conflict between the Duke of Noblejas and the Municipality of the town after the first request for compensation when they lose property due to the abolition of the domains in 1812. After more than two decades Colmenar del Arroyo becomes part of the province of Madrid. The twentieth century, the decline of farming and ranching, is witnessing a major demographic involution.