The settlement charter of Borriol Historical milestone · Borriol, La Plana Alta, Castellón Image of Borriol, not of the place itself. James I granted in 1250 a settlement charter to the place that guarded the passage of the Via Augusta northwards; the seigneury later passed through the hands of the bishop of Tortosa and of lineages such as the Boïl, Tous and Casalduch. 1250 Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY 4.0) What to see and do in Borriol