Herencia is a municipality located in the province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. As of 2020, it had a population of 8,456.The postal code is 13640.
History
In the context of a series of new settlements founded in the Campo de San Juan in the 13th century by the Consuegra-headquartered Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Herencia received a ('population charter') in 1239. It was granted the privilege of township in 1350.
Interesting monuments and places
- The Church of La Inmaculada Concepción
- The Church of Our Lady of Mercy, which was a Mercedarian monastery in the past.
- The Windmills
- "La copa", a water tank created in 1946, located next to the natural reserve of "La Pedriza".
- "Los Caños", old fountains that supplied water to the town in the past.
- The Public Park, where we can find a great variety of natural vegetation of the area.
- The hermitages of San Cristóbal, San Bartolomé, San Antón, La Asunción (commonly called "La Labradora"), el Santo Cristo de la Misericordia, San José and La Encarnación.
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