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What to see 🧭 “El País de la Plata” Interpretation Center Interactive museum about local mining, open Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 to 14:00. General admission approx. €2, free for residents and children under 14. ⛪ Santa Cecilia Parish Church 19th-century building constructed during the mining boom, with a single nave and a simple transept. 🏗️ Mining and Industrial Heritage More than 200 shafts/mines, such as Santa Catalina, Santa Teresa, Mala Noche, Fuerza, etc. Remains of ore-washing facilities like San Carlos, ruined industrial sites, and power plants.

A village in the Sierra Norte of Guadalajara, at an altitude of approximately 1,084 meters. Its origins are medieval, possibly predating the Bronze Age. The name derives from the Arabic Hisn al-Ancina (“castle of the holm oak”). In 1844, the discovery of silver triggered a “silver rush,” transforming Hiendelaencina into a major 19th-century mining district, with up to 200 mines and a population that reached 5,000. A parish church dedicated to Saint Cecilia was built between 1848 and 1851, financed with funds from the mining town.

At the bar, very nice, they have an affordable daily menu

Although it is associated with El Cid, it was never related to the mercenary knight, but rather to the first Count of El Cid, Rodrigo Días de Vivar y Mendoza, a noble title granted by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492. This fortress, dating back to the High Middle Ages, watches over the Henares valley at the foot of the Alcarria Mountains. A natural paradise with a variety of altitudes.

Ideal places for mountain biking and hiking routes

It is worth spending a few minutes to admire the grandeur of the castle and the beautiful medieval village.

The exit from the town via the Camino del Cid is a very steep climb that can surely be avoided.

imposing castle, called del Cid, although Rodrigo Díaz never lived there. The current Jadraque castle is almost entirely the work of the last third of the 15th century, that is, from the last group of medieval castle-palaces, already on the verge of disappearance at this time. Its reform in the 15th century was due to the master builder Alberto de Caravajal, helped by stonemasons from Northern Spain. This master builder also directed the renovation of the castle of Puebla de Almenara (Cuenca). It is likely that the outlines of the reform were given by the architect Juan Guas, although his intervention is not documented. The renovation work greatly affected almost everything that had previously existed there, as the natural terrain of the hill was even lowered. Only what was a large pentagonal tower in the bow was used in the construction of the new late medieval castle (probably towards the middle of the 20th century, almost the entire tower was dismantled to serve as a quarry). One of its panels is fallen today and the castle is closed to visitors.