Castle · La Yunta
Torre de La Yunta: Tower of the Order of Saint John
La Yunta tower is a square medieval tower around 15 metres high, with three floors, a basement, battlements and an entrance on the first floor. It dates from the 13th or 14th century, when the settlement belonged to the Order of Saint John. Today it houses a small ethnographic museum cared for by the women of the village.
This place across time
Which eras you can read here
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- Municipality
- La Yunta
- Province
- Guadalajara
- Altitude
- 1,105 m
- 13th–14th centuries
- 15 metres
- Order of Saint John
- Ethnographic museum
A tower on the border
La Yunta sits on the eastern edge of the Señorío, almost in Aragon. The village had a charter in 1154, within the Tierra de Molina, and later passed to the Order of Saint John. From that period dates its tower, dated between the 13th and 14th centuries. The names of two of its commanders in the 15th century are even known: Juan de Lechón in 1449 and Pedro de Pereruela in 1468.
What it looks like
It has a square floor plan, with three storeys and a basement, embattled top and about 15 metres in height. As in so many defensive towers, the door is elevated on the first floor to hinder attack.
A museum inside
Today the tower houses a small ethnographic museum with items gathered and restored by the village women’s association. Beside it lie the lagunas de La Yunta.
Location
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Reference villages: La Yunta · Campillo de Dueñas · Cubillejo de la Sierra · Embid.
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