From Villar de Cañas to Villacañas Historical milestone · Villacañas, La Mancha de Toledo, Toledo Image of Villacañas, not of the place itself. The name appears in 1229, at the fixing of the boundaries between the archbishop of Toledo and the Order of Saint John, in the form Villar de Cañas. It is already recorded as a council in 1230, although it did not obtain the title of villa until 1557. 1229 Photo: Galarcos (CC BY 3.0) What to see and do in Villacañas