Town hall

Menendez Pidal believes it of origin ligur, putting in the same line as "Ouca", "Oucada", "Goose", "Ocaña", "Ocañadas", that corresponds to "Goose" or "Occam" repeated in Liguria and in northwest of Italy, He met in the Middle Age for "Ocanna" and of there it went on easily to the current name.

Her population arises in a high plateau, called the Plateau of Ocaña, domineering and strategic place, for her they think up old ways pastoral and medieval routes. Also it was counting with numerous drinkable springs, productive ground, being all this what already forms Ocaña from the Middle Age like military center, politician and religiously, it was a capital of the Teachers of Santiago, it investigates of kings and emplacement of numerous houses of religion There Are remains archaeological that belonged to the Top Paleolithic, to the epoch Roman and to the epoch mulsumana. The epoch of the Reconquest is confused, it was occupied in 1139 by Alfonso VII granting the first one to him Jurisdiction of Ocaña. From the XIIIth century the importance of the town is on the increase linking more and more order of Santiago. During the reign of Reyes Católicos was compiled in Tordesillas the privileges granted to Ocaña like a market frank. (Fte.-Texto Delegation to see link)