El Puente del Arzobispo

Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

39°48′N 5°10′W / 39.800°N 5.167°W / 39.800; -5.167CountrySpainAutonomous community Castilla–La ManchaProvinceToledoArea

• Total0.98 km² (0.38 sq mi)Elevation

320 m (1,050 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total1,246 • Density1,300/km² (3,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

El Puente del Arzobispo is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha.^[2] The municipality spans across a total area of 0.98 km² and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a registered population of 1,225.^[2] Together with neighbouring Talavera de la Reina, El Puente del Arzobispo was a producing centre of Maiolica pottery in Early-Modern Spain.^[3]

History

Initiated towards 1380 or 1383 under the oversight of Archbishop of Toledo Pedro Tenorio, the bridge over the Tagus was already built by 1388.^[4]^[5] Housing developed in the bridge's vicinity.^[6] The archbishop granted rights for the collection of the tithe and the bridge toll to the newly-born town, that otherwise also prospered thanks to the construction of gristmills.^[7] Over the course of the 15th century and up until the 1492 expulsion, Villafranca de la Puente del Arzobispo (later El Puente del Arzobispo) hosted a small Jewish community.^[8] Some of the forcibly exiled Jews (who had moved to Portugal) soon returned as conversos.^[9]

References

Citations

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ ^a ^b "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ García Iñañez et al. 2009, pp. 279–280.
^ Sánchez Rey 1983, pp. 912–913.
^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, p. 359.
^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, pp. 359–360.
^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, p. 360.
^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, pp. 360–366.
^ Viñuales Ferreiro 2001, pp. 371–376.

Bibliography

García Iñañez, J; Buxeda i Garrigós, J.; Speakman, R.J.; Glascock, M.D. (2009). "Archaeometric characterization of Renaissance tin lead glazed pottery from Talavera de la Reina, Puente del Arzobispo and Seville (Spain)" (PDF). Proceedings of the 36th International Symposium on Archaeometry.
Sánchez Rey, Agustín (1983). "El puente del Arzobispo Tenorio cumple seiscientos años" (PDF). Revista de Obras Públicas. 130 (3220): 911–922. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
Viñuales Ferreiro, Gonzalo (2001). "Judíos y conversos de El Puente del Arzobispo (Toledo) en la Edad Media". Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval (14). Madrid: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. doi:10.5944/etfiii.14.2001.3671.