Los Yébenes

Los Yébenes lies south of Toledo, where the foothills of the Montes de Toledo meet the plain. The road from Toledo towards Córdoba ran between two neighbouring settlements: Yébenes de Toledo and Yébenes de San Juan. Their proximity did not make them a single town, for each had its own jurisdiction and institutions.

In the thirteenth century, Yébenes de Toledo came under the city of Toledo, while Yébenes de San Juan belonged to the Order of Saint John. The two communities maintained separate parishes and councils through the early modern period. After earlier attempts at union, they became one municipality in 1835.