Malagón

Malagón lies north of Ciudad Real on the approaches to the Guadiana and the old fortress of Calatrava. Long held by the Order of Calatrava, it became a noble lordship in the sixteenth century. Luisa de la Cerda, lady of Malagón, invited Teresa of Ávila to found a community of Discalced Carmelites here in 1568. The sisters first occupied a temporary house; after years of delay, they moved into their new convent of San José in 1579.