La Solana is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 15,340. It has a very arid climate. It is located in a zone of Spain that produces large quantities of wine and olive oil. Coordinates: 38°39′0″N 3°04′0″W / 38.65000°N 3.06667°W / 38.65000; -3.06667 La Solana was settled, as with many other villages in the La Mancha region, thanks to the re-population carried out in the 13th century by the three Military Orders which received the territory that nowadays corresponds to the province of Ciudad Real: Santiago, Calatrava and San Juan. Therefore, this is not an ancient village "won against the Moors" and not even one of the first to be founded in the first half of that century, since there is a belief, confirmed in the local writings, which date 1283 as the beginning of the occupation of the village. "Las Relaciones Topográficas de Felipe II," written in 1575, prove the existence of a tower which served as a fort to defend the people against the possible attacks of Muslims. This tower was probably constructed by the Order of Santiago (religious order) whose knight commander from 1440 to 1477 was Diego de Villegas. It is logical to think that the tower which is described in the Books of Visitors of the Order of Santiago is the same tower which is mentioned in "Las Relaciones de Felipe II", where the current tower of the Santa Catalina Church now stands. More information...
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