Consuegra

Consuegra stands below the ridge of Calderico, crowned by a castle that became a principal seat of the Order of Saint John in Castile. From this stronghold the order administered a wide territory in La Mancha, encouraging settlement and governing its dependent towns. Its prioral palace housed the order's archives. During the Peninsular War French troops occupied Consuegra, and in 1809 fire damaged the palace and its tower, destroying much of the documentary record of the priory.