Mora, Spain

Mora, Spain
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 (153.8/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.

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]

Notes

  1. ^ Madoz, Pascual () "Mascaraque" (1848) Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de ultramar volume 11, Madrid, page 281 OCLC 17224233
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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

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Coordinates: 39°41′02″N 3°46′37″W / 39.684°N 3.777°W / 39.684; -3.777



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