Guadalajara is the capital of La Alcarria, a county immortalised in various literary works and where you can find places with interesting artistic legacies. Torija has a castle that houses an ethnographic museum dedicated to La Alcarria; Hita, which its beautiful porticoed main square, is also famous as the home town of Juan Ruiz el Arcipreste, one of the most important Castilian authors of the Middle Ages. Near this place, you will find Jadraque, whose town centre streets lie at the foot of an imposing castle, and Cogolludo, with its Ducal Palace