Galapagar
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Galapagar is a town northwest from Madrid, Spain. It is the most growing town in the area, mostly because of immigration and the conversion of old livestock fields into terrain for construction. Its population is over 26,000 people.
The name Galapagar comes from the Spanish galápago, meaning turtle, as the towncentre was settled near a lake filled with turtles.
The town first appears as a village in the eleventh century, its importance due to the frequent hunting expeditions by the Spanish royalty to the nearbies, and being a main stop in the road from the capital to the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
Bullfighting and stock-breeding, meadows and the best beef of the area, are the main features of Galapagar.
