Iniesta

Iniesta lies in the inland country of Cuenca in Castile. During the later Middle Ages it formed part of the lordship that became the Marquisate of Villena, and its rulers changed as noble families and the crown contested the region. In 1452 Juan Pacheco acquired Iniesta in exchange for Castrojeriz from Ruy Díaz de Mendoza. The town hall was built against the old castle wall around the end of the fifteenth century. In the sixteenth century the parish church and a Franciscan convent were built, and the local council paid for the Vadocañas bridge over the Cabriel in 1570. These buildings reflect a prosperous town whose institutions and routes served the surrounding countryside.