Monesterio

Monesterio lies among the hills of the Sierra Morena, near the pass carrying the old Vía de la Plata between Extremadura and Andalusia. The route made the settlement a point of passage between northern and southern Iberia. By the fourteenth century Monesterio formed a commandery of the Order of Santiago. Around 1573 the Crown separated it from the order and sold it, together with other towns, to Seville.