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The founding of the monastery of Benifassà

La Pobla de Benifassà, El Baix Maestrat, Castellón

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The founding of the monastery of Benifassà

Historical milestone · La Pobla de Benifassà, El Baix Maestrat, Castellón

La Pobla de Benifassà

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James I handed over the castle and the valley to the abbot of Poblet to raise a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1233, the first founded in the Kingdom of Valencia; its lordship ordered the life of the villages of the Bergantes for centuries.

1233

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