Castle · Landete
Torre Mijares
Torre Mijares was an estate with a defensive tower in the municipality of Landete, within the lordship of Moya. The earliest known reference dates from 1235, when the consolidated estate was sold to the commander of Cuenca's Hospital de Santiago for 500 Alfonsine maravedís, its revenues assigned to Moya's hospital. The tower is compared with Abengamar and Don Alonso.
- Municipality
- Landete
- Torre Mijares
- Landete
- Lordship of Moya
- Order of Santiago
- Middle Ages
In the municipality of Landete, Mijares was an estate with its defensive tower, part of the territorial organisation of the lordship of Moya, like the towers of Abengamar and Don Alonso. The earliest known reference dates from 1235: Gonzalo García sold the consolidated estate to Pedro Pérez, commander of the Hospital de Santiago de Cuenca, for 500 Alfonsine maravedís, and its revenues went to Moya’s hospital.
Centuries later, the rento (isolated farmstead in the hills) of Mijares had an iron foundry, and the manufacturer who registered Pozo Vulcano on Talayuelas’s Cerro de las Minas in 1841 came from there.
Plan your visit
For the history of the parent town, the historic ensemble of Moya.
Frequently asked questions
What was the tower?
An estate's defensive tower, part of the territorial organisation of the lordship of Moya, like Abengamar and Don Alonso, according to Landete's local history. No archaeological dating of the masonry has been published.
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These readings connect Torre Mijares with the stories, the work and the villages around it.
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Which eras you can read here
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Where it is
Where the data on this page come from
- Name
- Sáez Fernández, Teodoro: «Landete: la «Torre Mijares»» (2001) source consulted
- López Marín, Mariano: «Landete en la historia» (2026) source consulted
- Municipality (INE code)
- Sáez Fernández, Teodoro: «Landete: la «Torre Mijares»» (2001) source consulted
- López Marín, Mariano: «Landete en la historia» (2026) source consulted
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