San Carlos del Valle, a village of the Enlightenment Curiosity · San Carlos del Valle, Campo de Montiel, Ciudad Real Image of San Carlos del Valle, not of the place itself. The town grew up around a hermitage of the 12th and 13th centuries and expanded with the shrine raised under Felipe V; its street layout was reshaped in the time of Carlos III under the direction of Pablo de Olavide. Carlos IV granted it municipal independence in 1800. Photo: Roberto Abizanda (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in San Carlos del Valle