The town continues to meet with one of its most peculiar characteristics, being a historical crossroads, in the twenty-first century version of multiculturalism is an example to accommodate the largest percentage of foreign population of the entire Madrid. From time to date, the Oliva Fresnedillas come forward, while also concerned with preserving what has made it unique throughout its history. And that chapter has one of its finest achievements: the survival of the Feast of the Heifer, one of the most unique traditional benchmarks and best preserved of the country.

Overview

Area: 28.2 ^km2

Population: 1392 inhabitants

At 50 km from the capital

Gentilcio: Jarandos

A little history

Ash and olive trees gave shade to many people in what is now the end of the Oliva Fresnedillas and indeed there is evidence of their presence in successive historical periods: Roman, Roman, Visigoth and Arabic. The paths to Zarzalejo to Saint Martin de Valdeiglesias the Cordel del Puente de San Juan, the way of Arrieros of wine or converge in this town who along with 17 other of the region makes up the Tourist Consortium of the Western Sierra, confirming the qualifier crossroads that has been assigned. The town, like many of its neighbors, its origin associated with the reconquest and its membership of the Community Land and City of Segovia and Sexmo Casarrubios. Successive monarchs Hispanics to have chosen Carlos III Fresnedillas Oliva as the ideal location for their hunts. And in the realm of politics, the town joined the revolt of the Communards in 1520, which after the popular revolt, it would cost significant amounts of money to its people by way of fines. Well into the eighteenth century achieved the title of Villa in 1833, due to territorial changes driven by Javier de Burgos, become part of the province of Madrid.

Monuments like the Royal Palace in Madrid, San Francisco el Grande and the Post have been building with its granite quarries berroqueño. De la Oliva Fresnedillas experienced in the first part of the twentieth century a significant population growth that forced the implementation of major infrastructure and educational agencies, health and administration.