Founded by Alfonso X el Sabio on 1255 on place called "Pozo de Don Gil", acquires soon its Carta Puebla (the license of occupation made by the king), so it´s called "Villa Real", that is Royal Village.

This city is founded to try to limitate the power of the military orders of this zone, particulary the Calatrava´s Order. The city borns with 130 towers and 6 doors open to the nearest cities. Nowadays, you can visit only one of them, Toledo´s Door.

The city grows because of its textil industries, leather, and its appreciated wine, and because of the interest of Catolic Kings for making this place to be the administrative center of the south of Spain. The Inquisition Tribunal was at Ciudad Real from 1483 to 1485, when it was moved to Toledo.

The constant growth of its services, opening of new malls, construction of houses and the construction of the Don Quijote Airport means that Ciudad Real has an important increment of population yearly.