Founding and independence of Mas de las Matas Historical milestone · Mas de las Matas, Bajo Aragón, Teruel The center was born around 1500 around the farmstead of some brothers surnamed Mata, on a place formerly called Camarón, reconquered in 1169. Attached to La Ginebrosa, it did not obtain its own municipal council until 1610. 1500-1610 Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY 4.0) What to see and do in Mas de las Matas