Pinto, Madrid

Pinto
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Éboli Tower, Pinto
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Pinto
Coordinates: 40°15′N 3°42′W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Madrid
Province	Madrid
Comarca	Madrid metropolitan aurie
Govrenment
• Mayor	Miriam Rabaneda
Area
• Total	62.7 km2 (24.2 sq mi)
Elevation	604 m (1,982 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	43,501
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pinteños
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.ayto-pinto.es

Pinto is a municipality which became a toun in the 1990s an is in the sooth o the autonomous commonty o Madrid, central Spain.

Umwhile, the belief wis that Pinto sat on the geographic middle o the Iberian Peninsula, hence its name comes frae the Laitin Punctum, "point". It haes a monument tae this debatable fact.

Limits

• Tae the North: Getafe
• Tae the Sooth: Torrejón de Velasco an Valdemoro
• Tae the East: San Martín de la Vega
• Tae the Wast: Parla an Fuenlabrada

Main sichts

• Ermita de San Antón ("Saunt Anthony Abbot hermitage"). Its environs is nou transformit bi the construction o a maw. The hermitage haed been rebuilt durin the 19t hunderyear.
• Ermita del Cristo ("Christ hermitage") In its interior is a crucifeed Christ that enjoys great popular fervor.
• Iglesia parroquial de Santo Domingo de Silos ("Pairish o Saunt Dominic o Silos")
• Éboli touer, whaur the princess o Eboli wis held.
• Centro Cultural Infanta Cristina. It wis thocht till recently that this biggin, then kent as Casa de la Cadena (Hoose o the Chain), providit accommodation for the Catholic Monarchs, but serious historical studies hae dispruivit such a possibility.
• MUSEO DE HOPIADORES Its exterior is somewha blue pink an red
• Centro Municipal de Cultura ("Local Cultur Centre")
• Francisco Rabal Toun Theatre
• Regional pairk o the Sootheast

Notable fowk

• Alberto Contador, cyclist

Notable fact

in 2010, corruption allegations were rife and well reported in the Spanish media to do with the mayor

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid
• Pinto at the Instituto Nacional de Estadística