{"id":2792,"date":"2025-10-13T09:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/?page_id=2792"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:56:57","slug":"la-mancha-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/la-mancha-history\/","title":{"rendered":"La Mancha history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2792\" class=\"elementor elementor-2792\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ccc6701 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ccc6701\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef0ef2f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ef0ef2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La Mancha &amp; Sierra Morena: a brief history<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7919a7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f7919a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Traducci\u00f3n\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi-jKLMyJSQAxVxXUEAHfh8LYMQ3ewLegQIChAV\" aria-label=\"Texto traducido: Professional guides\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Professional guides<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1ad7a7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a1ad7a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0eab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0eab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d19eb30 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d19eb30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbda5a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbda5a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>La Mancha<\/strong>\u00a0is the vast territory stretching from the city of\u00a0<strong>Toledo<\/strong>\u00a0to the foothills of\u00a0<strong>Sierra Morena<\/strong>, on the verge of the great medieval city of\u00a0<strong>Cordoba<\/strong>. That is why it was a land of conflict, a diffuse border between the two great powers that pushed for the rule of Spain since the\u00a0<strong>VIII century, Toledo and Cordoba<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Inside La Mancha we can find two of the largest rivers of Spain, the\u00a0<strong>Tajo (Tagus) and the Guadiana<\/strong>, but here also born a part of the\u00a0<strong>Guadalquivir,<\/strong>\u00a0the great river of\u00a0<strong>Andalusia<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b3c3c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b3c3c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7882e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7882e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/El_esplendor_de_Cordoba_Natura_Indomita.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2797\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/El_esplendor_de_Cordoba_Natura_Indomita.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/El_esplendor_de_Cordoba_Natura_Indomita-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/El_esplendor_de_Cordoba_Natura_Indomita-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4f5b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b4f5b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e180c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72e180c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbbcdf0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dbbcdf0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9330c9a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9330c9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25e7e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25e7e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Calatrava_La_Vieja_1_Natura_Indomita.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2486\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Calatrava_La_Vieja_1_Natura_Indomita.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Calatrava_La_Vieja_1_Natura_Indomita-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Calatrava_La_Vieja_1_Natura_Indomita-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f66f86 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f66f86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the eighth century, in the heart of La Mancha,\u00a0<strong>the Arabs founded the Calatrava Castle<\/strong>, which was always at the service of the caliphs and knights of Cordoba. When in the twelfth century the king of Castile, Alfonso VII, won Calatrava to the Arabs, he opened the door for Christians to move towards\u00a0<strong>Sierra Morena<\/strong>\u00a0and put an end to the Hispanic-Muslim rule in the area.<\/p><p>It was in 1212 when a remarkable thing happened in Sierra Morena, where there were defeated the hosts of the Miramamolin Caliph in the battle of Al-Uqab (that we call Navas de Tolosa). That same year began the decline of the Calatrava Castle,\u00a0<strong>since then known as the Old<\/strong>\u00a0as the Christian Kings built\u00a0<strong>a new Calatrava castle, now known as the New.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2709235 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2709235\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bee523e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bee523e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3b7d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d3b7d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a98c726 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a98c726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s been said that Calatrava the New was\u00a0<strong>Spain\u2019s greatest stronhold<\/strong>, and still overwhelms the vision of Calatrava the New when travelling the eternal and diffuse boundary separating La Mancha and Sierra Morena. The lords of Calatrava the New founded, shortly after,\u00a0<strong>the city of Almagro<\/strong>, who extended with great palaces and churches.<\/p><p>But La Mancha is now worldwide known by other events, although these are the product of the imagination rather than the vicissitudes of history:\u00a0<strong>La Mancha is the homeland of Don Quixote<\/strong>, the Knight of the Sad Figure that\u00a0<strong>Miguel de Cervantes<\/strong>\u00a0immortalized in what is considered\u00a0<strong>the most important literary work written in Spanish, and one of the biggest stories of Mankind.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90aba24 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"90aba24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca3912 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ca3912\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Palacios_Maestrales_Francesc_Monteverde.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2798\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Palacios_Maestrales_Francesc_Monteverde.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Palacios_Maestrales_Francesc_Monteverde-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Palacios_Maestrales_Francesc_Monteverde-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae38a19 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae38a19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91a3a6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"91a3a6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b77e751 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b77e751\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ecc300 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ecc300\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30b48a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e30b48a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Molinos_Campo_de_Criptana_Natura_Indomita.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Molinos_Campo_de_Criptana_Natura_Indomita.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Molinos_Campo_de_Criptana_Natura_Indomita-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturaindomita.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Molinos_Campo_de_Criptana_Natura_Indomita-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffa581b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffa581b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La Mancha offers us a land of legend, where you can still contemplate one of the best image of Spain throughout the world, the\u00a0<strong>La Mancha Windmills<\/strong>, those who fought our valiant knight Don Quixote.<\/p><p>La Mancha is also a land with abundant olives and vineyards, where the most refined palates can enjoy one of the most traditional and typical cuisines of Spain. Many distinguished travelers have passed through La Mancha admiring the scenery and enjoying the Manchego delicacies. Who has not tasted a good Manchego Cheese and a fine Red Wine of our land? New passengers travel the old La Mancha and become captivated with new discoveries: the Las Pedro\u00f1eras Garlic, the Almagro Egg-plants \u2026 All of them repeat in our ears that\u00a0<strong>\u201cLa Mancha has a lot to offer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Mancha &amp; Sierra Morena: a brief history Professional guides La Mancha\u00a0is the vast territory stretching from the city of\u00a0Toledo\u00a0to the foothills of\u00a0Sierra Morena, on the verge of the great medieval city of\u00a0Cordoba. 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