Filming of Crónicas de un pueblo Curiosity · Santorcaz, Cuenca del Henares, Madrid Image of Santorcaz, not of the place itself. The TVE series Crónicas de un pueblo was filmed in these streets, with the village renamed Puebla Nueva del Rey Sancho; Santorcaz is also the birthplace of the flower painter Juan de Arellano, born here in 1614. Photo: Raimundo Pastor (CC BY-SA 3.0 es) What to see and do in Santorcaz