Talavera la Nueva
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church
Roman villa
Information about Talavera la Nueva:
Telephone: 925 850 001
Web: https://talaveralanueva.es/talavera-la-nueva-nuestra-historia/
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Email: a ayuntamiento@talaveralanueva.es
Talavera la Nueva is a young, dynamic and welcoming town, although its territory was populated from ancient times by pre-Roman peoples and later by the Romans, as is shown by its great archaeological heritage. It was created as a consequence of the agrarian reform of 1939 and the creation of the National Institute of Colonisation. The urban settlement was built between 1951-1957 and was inaugurated in 1956, this year being taken as the date of its foundation. This town has charming corners such as the magnificent ceramic panels and the altarpiece in the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Santa María. Sra. de la Asunción, the mosaics of the Roman villa of Saucedo and the two Vetonean boars on display in the Casa de la Cultura, the monument to the settler, the bridge over the Bárrago stream, the chapel in honour of San Isidro, as well as restoration areas.
This municipality is bathed by the river Tajo and the Canal Bajo del Alberche, which form a landscape of irrigated land through which natural routes can be enjoyed on foot or by bicycle, such as the Tajo nature trail. Nature lovers will be able to enjoy this unique landscape and practice activities such as fishing or ornithology.
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Monument of popular architecture. Located at the entrance to the town, in the centre of the main square. The interior has a large number of ceramic panels showing scenes from the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, based on the legend of the saint's life, used by the Italian painter Giotto for the Basilica of Assisi, and reproduced in ceramics in this church by the Talavera ceramist Luis González Santamaría. If the ceramics are astonishing, the altarpiece captivates with its blend of classical and modern in a harmonious, baroque style.
Of popular construction built at the beginning of the 21st century.
In the 17th century, some boars were known to exist in the vicinity of the Alcoba y Torrejón estate. Their location suggests that these zoomorphic sculptures may have been found at a nearby site from the 2nd Iron Age. Given the proximity of settlements from this period, such as the Manzanas stream, on the other side of the Tagus, in the municipality of Las Herencias, it is obvious that a Vetton community settled in this area in the centuries prior to Romanisation. This zoomorphic sculpture, which can be found in the Casa de la Cultura, has several carved orifices or cups on its sides and backbone. These animal sculptures, boars and bulls, can be found in our territory in large numbers, and they are attributed to the Vetonic settlements and constitute elements of delimitation of a territory between Vetonia and Carpetania, a border area whose maximum representation in Roman times would be Caesarobriga (Talavera de la Reina).
Archaeological site of a Roman complex from the 1st century AD C., located in Talavera la Nueva; The place is possibly named after Salicetum, meaning 'place populated by willows'. It was discovered in the 15th century by Father Ajofrín, then owner of the land where the settlement is located. The most important finds from this period were an altar dedicated to the nymphs, gold earrings, corpse graves, marble mouldings and a half-length marble bust of a robed man. In 1950, during the construction of the new district of Talavera la Nueva, new archaeological remains were rediscovered during the digging of trenches. In 1981 a late Roman baptismal font of great beauty was discovered. The first excavation campaign was carried out in 1982. Walls and a mosaic pavement were discovered.
It was inaugurated in 2006, on the occasion of the town's 50th anniversary (1956-2006), as a tribute to all those who contributed to the creation of this municipality. Work by the Talavera ceramist Ángel Núñez García.
