Its history has been united to the near locality of Alarcón, which was village during the 16th century and of which gained independence at the end of the 19th century already. The zone keeps in the proximities remains of old settlements prior to the romanesque. A Roman road gave with time the main street of Alarcón, which is think that was the original nucleus of the present town.

Legends like the Enchanteds crag legend have echoes of the arabic presence, which also has left its marks in some customs related to the feeding or farming.
In this respect, it can’t be forget that the peculiar irrigation system of the zone, by means of a big wheel - denominated azuda- that used the current to elevate the water and to make it arrive up to the fields, it has been conserved until the last third of the last century.

Scene of battles at different times, shows still some buildings which shows their prosperity in the 16th century when many noblemen of Alarcón and Tébar built in the Picazo their elegant houses.

The present church, of a single nave and with the greater altar oriented to Jerusalem, was built at the beginning of the 16th century and in the center of the frontal wall a square tower rises. It also stands out the lateral chapels.

Rest of flour mills are conserved, like the one of Conejo de Alarcón or the one of Villanueva de la Jara. Also ancestral houses like the one of Don Juan Hidalgo Carrillo, built in 1584, are conserved.