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The grant of Orpesa to the Order of the Temple

Orpesa, La Plana Alta, Castellón

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The grant of Orpesa to the Order of the Temple

Historical milestone · Orpesa, La Plana Alta, Castellón

Image of Orpesa, not of the place itself.

Alfonso II of Aragon handed the Templars this coastal castle still in frontier country; James I conquered it definitively in 1233 and it afterwards passed to the Order of the Hospital and to various noble lineages.

1169

Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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