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The Spanish province of Guadalajara a short distance northeast of Madrid is made of small villages of less than 200 inhabitants and the main provincial capital also called Guadalajara. The city has several important historic monuments and the bridge which crosses the Henares has a found of Roman origin. The co cathederal of Sait Mary has a chapel with interesting fresco paintings of note. Guadalajara is twined with Nuneton in Warwickshire,
Other towns in the province include Azuqueca de Henares, Cabanillas del Campo, El Cesar, Marchamalo, Molina de Aragón and Sigüenza.
Outside Guadalajara city the village of Pastrana houses the 16th century renaissance Durcal Palace of Pastrana. The natural parque Hayedo de Tejera Negra near the town of Cantalojas includes many rare woodlands and animal species. The beech forest is the most southerly in Europe. The cathedral of Sigüenza is the largest religious building in the region and was built between the 12th and 16th centuries with work starting in a Gothic style and finished in a more contemporary Renaissance style.
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