RUGUILLA

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Ruguilla is a small Spanish town, district of Cifuentes (Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha). It is located in the region of La Alcarria.

Antonio Herrera Married in A trip to Ruguilla, 1 argument that the origin of the name of the town could be the own rock on which it was raised. Also describe the set of prehistoric remains in their environment, such as the dolmen of the Covachas hill or pottery (perhaps of Celtiberian origin), or the Late Roman-Roman or Hispano-Roman necropolis, all in the hill of Muela. Herrera reviews his history associating Rugilla to the Common of Villa and Tierra de Atienza, and again to his Fuero; he also notes that "by 1750 he obtained the privilege of villazgo and be exempted from the cifontine jurisdiction" and that he found himself very grave during the War of Succession and the War of Independence.1

Among its buildings, mention must be made of the parish church dedicated to Santa Catalina, with its work origins in the sixteenth century and its bearing of the 18th century, in which it resembles the depository in altars, paintings, statues and jewels of the cult of the disentailed Monasterio de Santa María de Óvila, mostly lost during the Spanish Civil War. Other important buildings for the two hermitages, the one of Santa Bárbara, in the rock that dominates the population, and the one of the Soledad in its low part. Also it conserves a pillory with knife in its closing. In addition, among the curiosities of the place are the caves-wineries and the small houses of reguardo