Conquest of Chiva by Jaume I Historical milestone · Chiva, La Hoya de Buñol, Valencia Image of Chiva, not of the place itself. The town and its castle passed into Christian hands around 1246 during the advance of Jaume I over the lands of the interior. The Muslim population remained as Mudéjar and later Morisco, and only the expulsion of 1609 altered the composition of the residents at root. 1246 Photo: 19Tarrestnom65 (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Chiva