Consuegra Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
municipality of Spain
About Consuegra
The town, or its surrounding area, has been inhabited since at least the 6th century BC, when Carpetanian tribes settled on the Calderico hill. In Roman times, a city was founded downhill, and worked as a trading post on the Laminium Way, a road connecting Toletum and Laminium. Bridges, roads, a dam (still in place), an aqueduct and a circus were built by the Romans. After Arab domination, Consuegra became a part of Castille in 1083, and saw a big battle in 1097 that brought it shortly back to Arab rule (until 1099). The village and county were donated in 1183 to the Knights Hospitallier, who helped consolidate Christian rule in the area after the battles of Alarcos in 1195 and Navas de Tolosa in 1212. Juan José of Austria, son of Philip IV and brother of Charles II, lived at the castle an
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