Villatoro

Villatoro lies in a valley west of Ávila, guarded by the remains of a castle belonging to the Dávila family. Alfonso XI established the lordship for Sancho Dávila in the fourteenth century, and the fortress was later adapted to the weapons of a new age. The parish church was rebuilt during the sixteenth century. In 1531 its unfinished chapel hosted a wedding attended by the young Teresa of Ávila, before she became famous for her religious reforms.