La Adrada

La Adrada lies in the Tiétar valley on the southern slopes of the Sierra de Gredos, overlooked by a castle built around an earlier church. In 1393 Henry III granted the settlement the status of a town, separating it from the jurisdiction of Ávila. The castle later belonged to Álvaro de Luna, the powerful constable of Castile. After his execution in 1453 it returned to the Crown, and Henry IV granted it to his favourite Beltrán de la Cueva.