Pinto, Madrid

Infobox City
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Pinto is a town in the southeast of Madrid (Spain) (coord|40|15|N|3|42|W|).

Formerly, the belief was that Pinto sat on the geographic middle of the Iberian Peninsula, hence its name comes from the Latin "Punctum", "point".

Limits

*To the North: Getafe.
*To the South: Torrejón de Velasco and Valdemoro.
*To the East: San Martín de la Vega.
*To the West: Parla and Fuenlabrada.

History

Religious monuments

*"Ermita de San Antón" ("Saint Anthony Abbot hermitage"). Its environment is now transformed by the construction of a mall. It is a victorian reconstruct without historical proof anyway.
*"Ermita del Cristo" ("Christ hermitage") In its interior is a crucified Christ that it enjoys great popular fervor.
*"Iglesia parroquial de Santo Domingo de Silos" ("Parish of Saint Dominique of Silos")

Civilian monuments

*Éboli tower, wher the princess of Eboli was held.
*Centro Cultural Infanta Cristina. It was thought until recently that this building, then known as "Casa de la Cadena" (House of the Chain), provided accommodation for the Catholic Monarchs, but serious historical studies have disproved such a possibility.
*"Centro Municipal de Cultura" ("Local Culture Center")
*Francisco Rabal Town Theatre.

Culture

A Spanish proverbial phrase is "estar entre Pinto y Valdemoro", literally "being between Pinto and Valdemoro", meaning "being neither here nor there", "being undecided".

Famous locals

* Gonzalo de Arteaga, local chronist, writer and archaeologist.
* Carlos Lapeña Morón, writer.
* Pilar Oraá, sculptress.
* Diana Abad, gymnast.
* Rosario de Acuña, writer.
* Alberto Contador, winner of the 2007 Tour de France and 2008 Giro d'Italia
* Augusto Klappenbach, university professor
* Patricia Chamorro, professional football player with the Spanish Women Team

Demography

Nowadays, The currently population living in Pinto is over 41,000

Administration

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Local holidays

* Fiesta de San Antón, January 17
* Fiestas del Cristo, From June 3 to June 12
* Asunción de María|Nta. Sra. de la Asunción, August 15
* Domingo de Silos|Santo Domingo de Silos, December 20

Leisure

* Juan Carlos I Park.
* Shopping mall "Plaza Éboli".
* El Flip Hard Rock Bar

Nature

* Regional park of the Southeast.

External links

* [http://www.ayto-pinto.es/ Pinto Town Hall]
* [http://www.elbuzon.es El Buzón] Pinto digital newspaper
* [http://www.forodepinto.com/ Pinto forum]
* [http://www.pintopopular.es/ Pinto´s Partido Popular]
* [http://www.juntosporpinto.org Juntos por Pinto (political institution)]
* [http://www.pintopiensa.es/ PintoPiensa]
* [http://www.lacasadepinto.com La casa de Pinto (House of Pinto)]
* [http://www.educa.madrid.org/web/cp.elprado.pinto CEIP El Prado (Public School El Prado)]
* [http://pintoyvaldemoro.com/ Entre Pinto y Valdemoro] Guide of events, movies, and other things in Pinto and Valdemoro (In Spanish)
* [http://www.educa.madrid.org/web/cp.europa.pinto CEIP Europa (Public School Europa)]
* [http://gestiona.madrid.org/desvan/desvan/AccionBuscarSeries.icm?ambito=CM&palabras=Pinto Pinto] at the Instituto Nacional de Estadística
* [http://www.zigzagdigital.com/ Zigzag Digital] Digital newspaper of Pinto and outskirts
* [http://www.zonasur.info/ Zona Sur] Sports newspaper of Pinto