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While there is no certainty of the origin of Torrejón de Ardoz, it probably dates from the 12th century, associated to fortifications built to protect Alcalá de Henares. It was part of the Land of Alcalá for all purposes until 1554, when it was granted the status of town.
History. The SatCen was founded in 1992 as the Western European Union Satellite Centre.It was incorporated as an EU agency on 1 January 2002. In June 2014, a new Council Decision replaced the former Council Joint Action of 2001 to modify SatCen's mission, aligning it with the evolution of the user demand and the developments of the EU's space activities relevant to CFSP (ref. 1), making it an ...
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- European Union
- 1 June 1992 (as the Western European Union Satellite Centre), 1 January 2002 (as an EU agency)
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Torrejón de Ardoz es un municipio y ciudad española de la Comunidad de Madrid. Tiene una población de 137 711 habitantes (2023). [2] Desde un punto de vista socioeconómico, Torrejón está dentro del Corredor del Henares y también se engloba en el área metropolitana de Madrid. [3]
The etching details an event from 15 June 1801 when a bull broke through barriers at a bullfight in Madrid, killing two people (including the mayor of Torrejón de Ardoz) [2] and injuring a number of other spectators.
- 25.3 cm × 35.7 cm (10.0 in × 14.1 in)
- 1815–1816
- Etching
- Francisco Goya
Torrejón Air Base (IATA: TOJ, ICAO: LETO) (Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz) is both a major Spanish Air and Space Force base and the co-located Madrid–Torrejón Airport, a secondary civilian airport for the city and metropolitan area of Madrid, east-northeast of the city center in central Spain.
TORREJÓN DE ARDOZ. Through the streets of its old town, which has places of great cultural interest, you can learn about its long history. Today, its Europa Park delights young and old alike. La Casa Grande, dating from the fourteenth or fifteenth century, was once the work house of the Jesuits. When the Jesuits were banished (18th century ...
