Ciudad Real

Ciudad Real is a small city, in Castilla-La Mancha. Funded by King Alfonso X The Wise in the 13th century (1255) to balance the power of the Military Order of Calatrava as Villa Real. The carta puebla records of a grand villa é bona que corriesen todos por fuero é que fuese cabesza de toda aquella tierra ... é púsele nombre Real. The Villa denomination that one still encounters in the south became Ciudad in 1420, with King Juan II, father of Isabel I.

People

• Carlos Sánchez is from Ciudad Real.

Visits

• 23 January (2014), during the GEFES2014 conference.

References

• La fundación de Ciudad Real.