Campo de Criptana in Castilla–La Mancha

28 February 2022 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  12 minutes

© Lourdes Cardenal/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Lourdes Cardenal/cc-by-sa-3.0

Campo de Criptana is a municipality and town in the province of Ciudad Real in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha (Spain). It is found in the region known as La Mancha. Until 1999 the municipal area also included Arenales de San Gregorio, which was situated 13 kilometers southeast of the main core, and had 700 inhabitants. After that date San Gregorio constituted an independent municipality. The area surrounding Campo de Criptana has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Prehistoric implements of hunting, gathering, and agriculture have been found in various locations, as have ceramics, particularly from the Bronze Age. From historic times, the most plentiful remnants have been IberoRoman.   read more…

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