Heritage towns in Castellón
11 towns in this province.
A fortified hilltop town in Castellón crowned by a castle built into the bare rock, its Gothic church, Franciscan convent, and intact medieval walls making it one of the most complete historic ensembles in the Comunidad Valenciana.
A rocky peninsula rising from the Mediterranean, its Templar castle and 16th-century walls intact above the sea, where an exiled pope once held court at the edge of Christendom.
Once the medieval capital of the Order of Montesa and a wool-trading hub whose fleeces kept the looms of Florence running, Sant Mateu still wears its Gothic architecture and ancient street plan in Castellón's interior.
A hilltop town in Castellón whose castle, maze of medieval lanes, and prehistoric caves span human presence from 80,000 years ago to the Carlist sieges of the 19th century.
A castle-topped rock above Castellón's high plains, where Templar history, prehistoric cave art, and Arab walls survive in a compact village that rewards those who look up.
A former episcopal seat and Aragonese conquest base in Castellón, Segorbe holds medieval walls, a cathedral built over a mosque, and a ducal palace whose Mudéjar ceilings rank among the finest in the Valencian Community.
A hilltop town in Castellón whose castle, medieval walls, and layered history of Romans, Moors, and Templars rise above the Mijares river plain.
A hilltop town in Castellón whose castle, medieval walls, and mudéjar bell tower trace more than two thousand years of continuous human settlement, from Neolithic caves to a royal prize fought over by the Cid, Jaime I, and Ferdinand the Catholic.
Perched in the highlands of Castellón, Culla holds a ruined Templar castle above a medieval street plan that has barely changed in eight centuries.
A medieval hilltop town in Castellón whose walled streets, Gothic civic buildings, and UNESCO-listed cave art speak to eight centuries of continuous life in the Valencian interior.
A hilltop town in Castellón where an Arab tower, a Gothic arcade, an Iberian watchtower, and a castle-palace built by medieval nobles all survive within a few streets of each other, on the route walked by the pilgrims of Useras.