our school and our area

Location

Manzanares is in the

centre of Spain, in the

region of Castilla-La

Mancha, in the province

of Ciudad Real. It is 175

km away from Madrid,

the Capital of Spain

LOCATION

Pilas Bonas Castle The Pilas Bonas Castle

was the original nucleus of the town. Buildings grew up around it. The Castle was built in the XIII century.

Pilas Bonas Castle

Over the last few years, the castle has been restored. Now, Pilas Bonas Castle is one of

the best restaurants and hotels of Manzanares.

Before After

Nuestra Señora de la Nuestra Señora de la Asunción church Asunción church was built in the XV was built in the XV century. It is the century. It is the most important most important monument of monument of Manzanares.Manzanares.

It was a gothic temple, but i t was destroyed in the Spanish Civil War. Now the church’s interiors are totally different. The tower is f i f ty f ive metres high. The Renaissance decoration of the door is one of the most beautiful of the region. .

The current Gran Teatro (Great Theatre) was built in 1994. It is a rebuilding of the original Gran Teatro built in 1910, which was

destroyed in 1975.

Lazarillo Every year, the

International Festival of Contemporary Theatre takes place in the Gran Teatro. It is one of the most significant cultural festivals of the town and the region.

In Manzanares there are also some In Manzanares there are also some ancient churchesancient churches…

… a convent, and several old houses and palaces.

These are some photos of the centre

of Manzanares

The “Plaza de Toros”, where the bullfighting

events take place.

The factory of flour, from 1895. It was very important but now it is abbandoned.

GastronomyManzanares has very famous wines and

excellent cheeses from La Mancha which have “Protected Denomination of Origin”.

For example, Señorío de Guadianeja, Yuntero, Quesos Hidalgo or Cabrera

In Manzanares there are some hotels but oneof them belongs to the most famous net of

Spanish hotels called “paradores nacionales”.

Every summer, in July, the Feria del Campo y Muestras de Castilla la Mancha, FERCAM is held. It is a fair with an exhibition of agricultural machines, cars, tractors… There are also travel agencies, household items shops, etc.

La zona, la region

Don Quixote of (from) La Mancha

La Mancha is a region in the centre of Spain which is famous because Miguel de Cervantes wrote the famous novel Don Quixote of La Mancha inspired in this region. Don Quixote and Sancho Panza have their adventures principally in La Mancha, where they are from.

La Mancha is a big plain in the centre of Spain. The vegetation is mediterranean and there are some lakes like Tablas de Daimiel, which is a National Park.

The “Lagunas de Ruidera” are also very famous . The Guadiana River is born here.

The most significative towns of La Mancha

are:

ALMAGRO

ViLLAnueVA de LOs infAntes

CAMpO de CRiptAnA, with the typiCAL windMiLLs

tOLedO

La Mancha is in the centre of Spain, so it’s very close to historical cities like Toledo, Cuenca, Córdoba, Sevilla, Granada or Madrid, the

capital of Spain.

The main crops are cereal,

vineyards and olives. The

production of milk from sheep is also

very important.

OUR HIGH SCHOOL!!!

Our high school is Pedro Álvarez de Sotomayor. It was founded in 1956. It

was the first high school of Manzanares.

Pedro Álvarez de Sotomayor was the priest that protected Manzanares from

the napoleonic invasion in 1809.

• foto

The Canteen

The l ibrary

In the centre you can study E.S.O (compulsory

secondary education) and Bachil lerato

(advanced education before Universi ty)

• El proyecto bilingüe se inicio en el curso 2006-2007, fue el primer curso que el centro tuvo sección europea, en este año solo una clase de 1º de la ESO dio clases en bilingüe: ingles, educación física y biología.

The bilingual project started in the course 2006-2007. There was only one bilingual class in 1º of ESO. Now there are bilingual classes in 1º,2º,3º and 4º of ESO. The bilingual subjects are: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Biology, Physical Education, Art etc…

We start the classes at 8:30 in the morning. We

have two breaks of twenty minutes. The classes are

55 minutes long. We finish at 14:30 and go home to

have lunch.

Students from other towns come to our

high school to study and to take the exam that allows you to go

to university.

¡¡LA SIESTA!!

A LOT OF PARTIES…

“BOTELLÓN”

DISCO

The Bullfighting Flamenco

TYPICAL SPANISH FOOD