one of the world’s leading infrastructure operators
has built a Satellite Control Center (SCC) for Hisdesat on a site in Hoyo de Manzanares
provided by Spain’s Ministry of Defense
The project was completed on schedule in 13 months
With the most advanced technology in Europe
the facilities will enhance Hisdesat’s capabilities in preparation for the entry into operation of the two new SpainSat NG satellites
They will also centralize satellite control
monitoring and tracking operations that Hisdesat currently carries out at various locations
Spain’s Ministry of Defense has classified the construction of this SCC as being directly related to national defense
It is a unique building due to the complexity of its installations
It meets the Spanish Ministry of Defense’s  security requirements for government satellite control and operation
and for Spain’s participation in missions by international organizations such as NATO and the UN
designed and built in accordance with principles of efficiency
sustainability and environmental preservation
while also complying with the strict security and privacy requirements of the activity
the building blends into its surroundings and pursues sustainability through rainwater recycling systems
gray water reuse and photovoltaic canopies
The goal is to achieve the levels of energy efficiency and environmental friendliness required to obtain LEED Gold certification
the construction on two levels recessed into the ground reduces the visual impact on the Upper Manzanares Regional Park
while also guaranteeing users’ privacy
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Hispano-Visigoth settlement at the foot of the Hoyo de Manzanares mountain range
The works carried out at the La Cabilda site are the result of the combined efforts of different teams of professionals
which had obtained very positive results in previous archaeological activities
was favorably received both by the institutions involved and by the successive teams that have taken charge of the investigation
we can affirm that we are facing a rural village of modest dimensions
which remained active around the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries
La Cabilda is a settlement located in the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares
which has its genesis in early medieval times
funerary and possibly cult environments have been identified
The domestic units were located around productive spaces of a community nature in which activities typical of a mixed economy with a strong agricultural base would be carried out
complemented by the use of environmental resources such as hunting
The intervention in La Cabilda has created a strong link between the current inhabitants of the town and the site
The works have been oriented to bring to the non-specialized public the knowledge obtained by the professionals who have intervened in the project
more than a hundred volunteers have participated in the excavations
with very different profiles both in age and occupation
from 18 to 70 years old and from sociologists to photographers
has been created to continue research and dissemination of cultural and heritage issues in the municipality
the educational community has participated annually in the projects and the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage has organized
in collaboration with the Hoyo de Manzanares City Council
family workshops within the framework of the program Archaeologists for a day to jointly discover archeology as a scientific discipline
The La Cabilda Site has been the subject of archaeological excavations since 2014
within the Social Archeology project and consolidation
as well as interpretation of its landscape environment
Approach paths and associated information have been created through the conservation and protection of the site and its empowerment for cultural tourism
whose chronology is between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries AD
revealing itself as an important enclave in which a populated area appears
a burial area and probably a cult area linked to the hermitage of Santa Ana
around which the municipal cemetery was installed in the XNUMXth century
The evidence of a basic rural nucleus of the late antique period in the center of the Plateau
both with houses and with storage spaces and domestic dependencies
tells us of a society where economic activities of exploitation of the environment predominate
The archaeological verification of the existence of an Emiral phase in the chronology of the site has been very important
the large number of structures exhumed in the previous campaign have been restored
especially in the Central and Southern Areas
to complete the archaeological interventions
General view of the excavation at the end of the 2021 campaign
with the consolidated and restored structures from previous campaigns
Detail of the plaster mortar of Emiral chronology located in the amortization of the feeding pipe of the basin
Rosario Gómez Osuna and Elvira García Aragón (Archeology Team A) (2014 - 2017)
Rosalía Durán Cabello and Jesús Salas Álvarez (2019)
Rosalía Durán Cabello and Jesús Salas Alvarez (2022)
General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the Community of Madrid
Publication that offers the results of the archaeological work at the La Cabilda site
A consolidated program that involves citizens
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The approach of archeology to society has changed in Spain in recent years
evidenced the need to involve local communities in archaeology
opening up to new proposals on the political use of this discipline
The integration of local communities with heritage was valued
actively reinforcing their identity through History
this example has reached Spain thanks to the promotion of studies by professionals
Social participation can be established in two main axes: actively
laboratory work and dissemination or passively
but always seeking understanding in this participation
the conservation and valuation of archaeological heritage. 
The interaction of the different work proposals for the practice of archeology has had a positive impact on social articulation
promoting conservation and dissemination measures not only inherent to local organizations
An example is the El Ponderal cultural association in Hoyo de Manzanares
made up of volunteers motivated by research and promotion of the history of their municipality
after having actively participated in the excavation of the La Cabilda site
is the “Heritage in the hands of young people” project
in coordination with the management of the Los Abetos School
in which a large group of 3rd and 4th ESO students developed a theoretical and archaeological practice in different actions in its environment or the work carried out at the Marqués de Santillana High School Institute in Colmenar Viejo
(Team A of Archeology) (2014): Two mining-metallurgical enclaves during Late Antiquity in the center of the peninsula: Navalvillar and Navalahija (Colmenar Viejo
The primitive castle of Real de Manzanares
(Team A of Archeology) (2013): In search of the lost magnetite
Iron metallurgy and village organization during late Antiquity in Navalvillar and Navalahija (Colmenar Viejo
Proceedings of the X Conference on Archaeological Heritage in the Community of Madrid
(Team A of Archeology) (2014): Settlement during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the Madrid presierra: Cuenca Alta del Manzanares
(Archeology Team A) (2016): The exploitation of iron in Late Antiquity in the upper Manzanares Basin
Historic Mining and Metallurgy in Southwest Europe
Proceedings of the IX International Congress on Historic Mining and Metallurgy in Southwest Europe
MA (CCHS-CSIC) (In press): Glass of Late Antiquity in the Upper Manzanares Basin
VII Conference on Archeology in the Duero Valley
(2005): Guide to the archaeological site of Remedios
A rural cemetery during Late Antiquity (1th century AD)
historical and artistic heritage of Colmenar Viejo nº XNUMX
(1967): The castles of Manzanares el Real
Annals of the Institute of Madrilenian Studies
(2005): The first castle of Manzanares el Real ?
(Archeology Team A) (2016): The archaeological site of La Cabilda (Hoyo de Manzanares)
(Archeology Team A) and GIMENO (CIL) (2016): Two latentiguan rings with inscription in the mountains of Madrid
Sylloge Epigraphica Barcinonensis (SEBarc) XIV
(Archeology Team A) (2016): The late medieval site of La Cabilda
(2009): History and guide of the mines
From the bowels of the earth: Guide to the mines and quarries of Colmenar Viejo
Historical and Artistic Heritage of Colmenar Viejo
(2015): Visigoth landscape in the Upper Manzanares Basin (Sierra de Guadarrama): archaeological analysis of the Navalvillar site (Colmenar Viejo
Archeology and Prehistory of the Interior Peninsular
(Team A of Archeology) (2015): Iron in the Navalvillar and Navalahija deposits during Late Antiquity
fortifications and walled enclosures in the Community of Madrid
General Directorate of Historical Heritage