Location: Villanueva de Alcorón

Villanueva de Alcorón is located on the southern slope of the Tagus, specifically on a huge millstone cut by the Tagus and its tributary the river Guadiela at an average altitude of 1250 metres.
In the past, their greatest wealth came from the wool of their flocks of sheepIn the 20th century, however, the plant in kaolin processing employed a large part of its population.
Today, only traces of that mining industry remain, having moved to more prosperous areas.
It currently holds the title of the capital of the Mancomuniad Alto Tajo and contributes the services The municipality has basic services to the villages of the region, such as a school, pharmacy and medical centre. The municipality is bordered by towns such as Peñalén y Zaorejas of Guadalajara or Carrascosa and El Recuenco in the province of Cuenca. It sits on a karst terrain The cave is criss-crossed by numerous sinkholes and chasms, known to many cavers, perhaps the most famous of which is the Sima of Villanueva de Alcorón.
Another place of great beauty is the Pozo del SotoThe mine is a 40-metre-deep lagoon that was accidentally created when kaolin mining began in an area very close to an aquifer that eventually flooded the mine.