Navacerrada

(Navacerrada · Madrid)

Navacerrada is a municipality and municipality in the Community of Madrid, located at 1200 m of altitude, on the southern slope of the Guadarrama. It is located next to the reservoir of the same name, at the entrance of the valley of the Barranca. The name of the town could come from the voice "Nava," a term already documented in the eighth century and with which it was called a flat land with grass, encharcable and generally located between mountains. For its part, "Closed" would refer to the fencing that could exist to prevent the loose cattle from escaping. .