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The Setena of Culla

Culla, L'Alt Maestrat, Castellón

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The Setena of Culla

Historical milestone · Culla, L'Alt Maestrat, Castellón

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From the 14th century Culla led the Setena, an association of seven towns of the district that jointly managed pastures, firewood and use of the mountain; the institution ordered the pastoral life of these mountains for centuries. It was born in 1345, when the master of the Order of Montesa, Pere de Tous, ceded to the seven towns of the Tinença de Culla — Atzeneta, Benafigos, Benassal, Culla, Torre d'en Besora, Vilar de Canes and Vistabella — the rights to use the pastures belonging to the order, in exchange for an annual payment of 1,600 Valencian royal sueldos. From that common law were also born the royal roads and rights of way between these villages. A rich documentary archive is preserved, today largely digitised at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón.

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