La Yesa Village · La Yesa, Los Serranos, Valencia La Yesa is one of the smallest municipalities in the comarca of Los Serranos, in Valencia, at the foot of the Sierra de Javalambre. Coveted by El Cid at the end of the 11th century, it was part of the Taifa Kingdom of the Banu Qasim before being conquered by James I in 1236; Philip II granted it the status of Universidad in 1583, and three years later, in 1586, it was separated from Alpuente as an independent town. It has 246 inhabitants (INE 2025). Its main monument is the 17th-century church of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, and it preserves the hermitages of San Juan, San Roque and San Sebastián as well as Iberian and Roman remains at the Monte del Castellar. Photo: 19Tarrestnom65 (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in La Yesa
