La Hiniesta, Spain

La Hiniesta, 7 km from the capital, Zamora, of currently belongs to the province of the same name in the Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-León in Spain. Uts population was 364 inhabitants . Its major attraction is the Iglesia de Santa María, a church that King Sancho IV of Leon ordered built in the honor of the Virgin, who appeared to him in una cacería entre unas hiniestas o retamas, from whence it gets its more frequently-used name, Virgen de la Hiniesta. Among its products más destacados, están los Quesos, de una exquisite purity, of both natural and artisanal manufacture.