From Villa mayor to Villamor Historical milestone · Villamor de los Escuderos, La Guareña, Zamora Image of Villamor de los Escuderos, not of the place itself. A charter confirmation of 1259 records the name of the place as Villa mayor; in 1802 Antonio Gómez de Latorre proposed the phonetic evolution that led from that place name to the present Villamor de los Escuderos. 1259 Photo: Rodelar (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Villamor de los Escuderos