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What to see and do in Cervera del Maestre

What to see and do in Cervera del Maestre (El Baix Maestrat, Castellón): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Cervera del Maestre

Cervera del Maestre
Village
Municipality of El Baix Maestrat dominated by a twelfth-century Almohad frontier castle which after the conquest passed to the Order of Saint John of the Hospital, which agreed a settlement charter with the Muslims still living there and granted another to the Christian settlers in 1235, and in 1317 to the Order of Montesa; it also preserves a sixteenth-century olive-oil mill declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) and today turned into a museum.
Festivities of Cervera del Maestre
Activity
Cervera del Maestre's patronal festival is held in the first week of August; the village also celebrates Sant Sebastià in January and the Virgen de la Costa in September.
Castle of Cervera del Maestre
Monument
A 12th-century fortress of Islamic origin raised as an Almohad frontier castle, which after the Christian conquest passed to the orders of San Juan del Hospital and of Montesa; today it preserves ruined stretches of wall and the keep.
Hermitage of San Sebastián de Cervera del Maestre
Monument
Hermitage of Cervera del Maestre, originally built as a hospital, with a square plan and three naves of unequal size and irregular round and pointed arches on octagonal pillars, a layout that makes it unique in the whole of the Comunitat Valenciana. Dating from the 14th century, it is attributed to the Order of Montesa and was historically linked to the wool trade in the town.
Mill of l'Oli de Cervera del Maestre
Monument
A 16th-century oil mill listed as a bien de interés cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), today a museum where the traditional pressing and milling rooms are preserved along with a tower of the same period.
The pact of the Hospitallers with the Muslims of Cervera
Historical milestone
The Order of Saint John agreed a settlement charter with the Muslims who remained in the castle and in 1235 granted another for the Christian colonists; in 1317 the lordship passed to the Order of Montesa.