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The town of Villamayor de Santiago sits at a crossroads, resembling a central hub, connecting municipalities in La Mancha, Toledo, and Ciudad Real via local roads. It boasts an urban complex and historic buildings that reflect the town's former importance, as numerous Commanders of the Order of Santiago and nobles lived there during the 16th and 17th centuries.

It is the town's most historically and artistically significant monument. The architectural style is not definitive, as while the vaults are Gothic, the walls are smooth, made of masonry, and have few windows, typical of the Romanesque style. The High Altar is made of gilded wood with gold leaf and clearly displays a Renaissance influence. Highlights of this altarpiece include the polychrome stone image of Our Lady of Mercy, patron saint of this town, and the equestrian statue of Saint James the Apostle, patron saint of the parish.

The Hermitage of San Isidro is a chapel located in Villaverde, a former village populated by the Saavedra family, in the municipality of Villamayor de Santiago (Spain). It is a 16th-century Renaissance-style building. The chapel is the unfinished church of the old town of Villaverde, located 5 kilometers from the municipal seat, and was originally intended to be dedicated to the Apostle Saint James. A pilgrimage is organized for the feast of San Isidro, with mass and a procession.

The Plaza de la Villa, of medieval origin with Renaissance features, is a large square, in the style of Castilian squares, with an irregular layout, partially porticoed, and framed by 16th-century buildings, including the town hall. It is the vital center of the town and features the 16th-century Renaissance town hall, the Casa de las Buhardillas (House of the Attics), the 17th-century Comendadores Palace, and the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, declared a Site of Cultural Interest. It is a church built between the 16th and 17th centuries. The square has had various names, including Plaza Mayor, Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square), Plaza del Ayuntamiento (Town Hall Square), Plaza de la Concordia (Concord Square), and, finally, Plaza de la Villa (Town Square). As the nerve center and administrative center, it has had countless uses, from a market to a fairground, and even an improvised bullring until the current one was built in 1915.

You have to climb up to the antenna of the hermitage of the Virgin of Mercy, along the road on the side of the hermitage, it is a tough 400 meters but it is worth it.

San Isidro

Hermita San Isidroque discusses its 16th century construction in Renaissance style

It is a fortification from the Middle Ages in ruins, and very close to the town that gives its name to the old castle: Puebla de Almenara, a town in the province of Cuenca that in 2023 has a census of 331 residents.