El traslado de la sede a Calatrava la Nueva Historical milestone · Aldea del Rey, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real Image of Aldea del Rey, not of the place itself. After Las Navas de Tolosa, the order abandoned its old fortress beside the Guadiana and fixed in 1217 its definitive seat on the crag of Salvatierra, higher and more defensible; there it raised the sacred convent that governed the Campo de Calatrava for centuries. 1218 Photo: Vanbasten 23 (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Aldea del Rey