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Moleta dels Frares

Forcall, Els Ports, Castellón

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Moleta dels Frares

Monument · Forcall, Els Ports, Castellón

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The Moleta dels Frares is an archaeological site in the municipality of Forcall (Els Ports), on a narrow plateau at about 900 metres altitude, with near-vertical walls that make it a natural fortress that is hard to access. It probably corresponds to the Ibero-Roman settlement of Lesera, an identification made possible by an inscription dedicated to Júpiter Conservator found at the site. It was inhabited from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity: during the Iberian period it was a fortified oppidum, and after the Roman conquest, around 200 BC, it became an administrative centre that even received municipium status between 10 BC and AD 14. It was abandoned in the 4th century. It has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) since 1991.

Photo: Jordi Gili (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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