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Church of Santa Maria

Archpriest Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Morella, located in the Plaza of Benedict XV is a building constructed between centuries XIII and XVI in style Gothic and Renaissance. A historian said of Marquis of Lozoya, it is "the most beautiful Gothic church of the region" (Valencia). The temple was built between 1265 and 1343, but was not completely finished until 1593 when he was consecrated by the Bishop of Tortosa, Morella of birth, Don Gaspar Punter.

Morella Aqueduct

The Aqueduct of Morella or drought Reial is situated in the town of Morella, Castellon Province .It is a water infrastructure Gothic style built between centuries XIII and XIV. In 1273, James I gave the source of Vinatxo source for water supply to the city of Morella, who until then had only the Hazelnut and El Romeu, and the Bassa Bassa chicken and Prat within the urban core.

Convento de San Francisco

Construction started 1272, finishing first the rooms, refectory and cloisters. Then began the construction of the church wearing the friars first a chapel dedicated to San Vicente Martir, starting probably in the same year, 1272, a larger church, beginning with the atrium of access, with three pointed arches with brands quarry between 1272 and 1280, and moving toward the apse in a church with a nave without transept, with side chapels, all of it in stone with large pointed arches and vaults in the apse of simple ribbed.It is a clear example of Gothic Catalan-Valencian. Must have completed the wooden roof gable in 1387, and a very laid choir arch and wooden floor. It ended in 1390 when it was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Hugo de Lupia.

Morella Castle

The castle of Morella, built on top of the public on the "Mola" taking advantage of the rock, is a thirteenth-century fortress of Islamic architecture with subsequent reforms of medieval architecture. It consists of the main square, the governor's palace, the well, the tower of the Pardalea, retreats to the flight came in 1838 where the Carlist prison Cacho, the remains of royal palaces, towers and pavilions Tribute officers, through which have passed different forms of civilization and cultures.

Town Hall

It is a Gothic building of XV. Construction began in 1410 and was completed at the end of the century.

Medieval walls

They have a perimeter of 2500 meters. They have an average height of 10 to 15 meters and its thickness is about two meters. Works were initiated by the "mestre de murs" Aparisi Joan, between 1324 and 1330 (XIV century), although most of them were done at the time of King Pedro IV of Aragon (1336-1387) between 1358 and 1465 (fifteenth century) on the basis of the old Muslim walls 1084 (XI century). These were renovated in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its perimeter is encircled by a round pass.
 

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