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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