Those of you who recognise me for my part recognize how lots
I love swimming against the present day. I don't know, it is some thing that
fits my person, I normally do the alternative of what humans normally do and
this beyond Easter the same thing happened to me again.
As I imagined that anywhere I become, the whole lot would
be crowded, he gave me to go to the abandoned cities of Madrid that there are.
This one, Fresno de Torote, caught my interest. It may be
said that it's far one of the few abandoned cities in the Community, even
though there are supposedly around 1,300 registered population. Once there, one
wonders in which they had been for the reason that town is in a semi-deserted
state of affairs.
The simplest component I noticed become a man sitting within
the front of the handiest residence standing, a female with a doggy, signs and
symptoms everywhere prohibiting taking pix and a person chasing us with his car
and he kicked us out of town after 10 mins to forestall. To get. .
Apparently this "abandoned" metropolis has an
proprietor and people have moved to the nearby city of Serracines however,
mysteriously, it's miles still registered in Fresno de Torote.
A little weird, what if?
Those who know me for my part understand how lots I love
swimming against the present day. I do not understand that it's miles some
thing that is in my nature, I normally do the alternative of what humans
normally do and last Easter I did the identical again.
As I concept that any vicinity I would move could be
overcrowded, I visited deserted cities in Madrid, there are a few.
This one, Fresno de Torote, caught my interest. It can be
said that it's miles one of the few deserted towns inside the Community, even
though it has round 1,300 inhabitants. Once there, one wonders in which they
went because the metropolis is 1/2 deserted.
All I saw become a man sitting at the entrance of the
handiest residence that changed into still standing, a female with a small
canine, signs and symptoms everywhere forbidding taking photographs, and a
person following us with him. His vehicle and he chased us out of city for 10
minutes. After our arrival.
Apparently this "deserted" city has an proprietor
and its inhabitants have moved to the nearby metropolis of Serracines however,
mysteriously, they may be nonetheless registered in Fresno de Torote.
Bit bizarre.
Fresno de Torote is accessed by the M-113 that starts from
Daganzo de Arriba, a town close to Aljavir. The street divides it in two,
leaving the imperative square of the metropolis on the proper and the church on
the other. As quickly as you arrive (be careful, there may be a protect who
will do the whole lot possible to make you leave), the overpowering silence is
felt at some point of the metropolis and is only damaged through the visitors
of vehicles that take this road to attain the neighboring urbanizations. Mainly
on weekends.
Most of the communities in the town are abandoned, many of
them have bars that reveal cracks from a preceding existence increase, others
have the doors and windows boarded up in order that they may be no longer
available to the people.
The church, currently below recovery, which become bought to
the Bishopric of Madrid and where stays of the sarcophagus of Juan Hurtado de
Mendoza, one of the proprietors of Fresno de Torote in the 16th century and a
descendant of the town's founder, El Marqués de Santillana. , in the fifteenth
century.
The church of San Esteban stands out for its production in
brick and stone masonry, it's far within the Mudejar fashion and the façade is
very well finished. The interior is inaccessible to the public like practically
the entire metropolis that is fenced to prevent every body from taking walks
thru its deserted streets.
Fresno de Torote is reached by means of the M-113 that
leaves from Daganzo de Arriba,
a metropolis near
Aljavir. The road divides it in two, leaving the primary square of the
metropolis on the right and the church on the opposite aspect. As quickly as
you arrive (watch out that there may be a guard who will do the whole thing
possible to make you depart), the overpowering silence is felt throughout the
metropolis and is only damaged by means of the waft of vehicles that take this
street to attain the neighboring residential regions. Especially on weekends.
Most of the town's homes are deserted, many of them have
bars that show the interstices of a previous boom in existence, others have the
doors and windows with barricades to prevent get right of entry to to their
interior.
The church, presently underneath recovery,
was bought to the Bishop of Madrid. Here were discovered the
stays of the sarcophagus of Juan Hurtado de Mendoza, one of the proprietors of
Fresno de Torote inside the sixteenth century and a descendant of the town's
founder, the Marqués de Santillana inside the fifteenth century.
The church of San Esteban sticks out for its production in
brick and stone masonry, it is within the Mudejar style and the façade could be
very nicely finished. The indoors is inaccessib