Arisgotas

The toponym Arisgotas, with the suffix -gotas derived from gotorum, could mean either "Oak Grove of the Goths" or "Army of the Goths" (or possibly "Army of the Good Ones").^[3]

Arisgotas is a village (pedanía) of the municipality of Orgaz in the traditional comarca of La Sisla and the administrative comarca of Montes de Toledo, in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain. It lies about 3 km southwest of Orgaz. The surrounding landscape features rolling granite hills, cereal fields, olive groves, and Mediterranean woodlands of holm oak and Portuguese oak.

The Arroyo de Arisgotas runs through the village; after joining the Arroyo de Casalgordo it becomes the Guazalete river.

Arisgotas has a Mediterranean climate, with long, dry summers and cold, dry winters. Annual precipitation averages around 450 mm, mainly between October and May, with a pronounced drought from June to September. Mean temperatures range from around 0 °C in January to 32 °C in July.

From the reign of Theudis (531–548), the Visigoths began settling on former Hispano-Roman villages. Two notable settlements from that time were Guadamur to the north, and Arisgotas and Casalgordo to the south. In 711, the Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad, on his way to conquer Toledo, entered the region of La Sisla through Marjaliza and passed through Arisgotas.^[4]

Arisgotas remained an independent municipality until 1857, when it was annexed to the municipality of Orgaz.^[5]