Villaluenga de La Sagra

Inhabited since prehistoric times, its soils have witnessed the settlement of Celtiberians, Romans, Visigoths and Arabs until the Reconquest, when this village, known at first as Pegines, began to take shape. This town was important during the 16th century, the period in which its castle, nowadays disappeared, was taken, and which meant the consolidation of its urban centre. A stroll through its streets is to discover a popular architecture of simple dwellings where its parish church in the Mudejar style of Toledo stands out. The rurality and tranquillity of the village, which the visitor can find in its urban centre, contrasts with the expansion of this municipality in the industrial era of the 20th century, when it became the industrial centre of La Sagra with the installation of important cement factories that modified its landscape, marking the future of this town that has been able to adapt to the new modernity.

Its practically flat territory with gentle undulations is suitable for cultivated fields, mainly cereal crops, forming part of what is popularly known as the granary of La Sagra. However, part of the land is chalky, which is why there are many gypsum quarries and cement works, but this makes it difficult for vegetation to grow, and there are some small wooded areas of pine and holm oak near the town centre, which contrast with the aridity of the rest of the area. Different paths cross this plain that allow the visitor to see its extensive cultivated fields dotted with these large cement works, a symbol of the industrialisation of this region, pleasant walks or bike rides.