La Roda
Encyclopedia
La Roda is a village
located in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha
, Province of Albacete, Spain
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Its main culinary speciality are the Miguelitos
. Tennis
player Guillermo García López
hails from La Roda.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
located in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities...
, Province of Albacete, Spain
Spain
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Description
The village has a population of around 15000 people. It is an important industrial town. Its most famous building is the church which dates from the 15th century.Its main culinary speciality are the Miguelitos
Miguelitos
Miguelitos are a type of cake made in La Roda, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.-Description:They are a quite simple traditional cake consisting of soft puff pastry with a creamy custard-like filling and covered with sugar powder....
. Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player Guillermo García López
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Guillermo García López is a professional male tennis player from Spain.He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.- Professional career :On November 23, 2009, García-López achieved his...
hails from La Roda.