The name of this town originates from its role as a crossroads on the ancient routes that connected Complutum with Carthago Nova in Roman times, and on the Silk Road that linked Toledo with Valencia and Cartagena. It derives from the Arabic word "rutba," the tax paid for the passage of livestock. A true inheritor of so many peoples and cultures, La Roda has absorbed the best of each, evident in its beautiful town center, its magnificent Church of El Salvador, and the Palaces of the Doctor de La Encina and the Counts of Villaleal. It is currently very well connected to the provincial capital, Albacete, from which it is only 36 km away.

The entire town center has been declared a Site of Cultural Interest for its historical and artistic value.

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Sylwia

June 20, 2023

La Roda has a very beautiful center (old town) (it was declared a historical-artistic complex in 1973), it is worth going through there. Right next to it you can see the church of El Salvador, an example of the Spanish Renaissance style.

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