La Iglesuela del Cid
This town of elegant streets, Renaissance palaces and stately air remained at the forefront of the conflicts of the nineteenth century. Geographically very close to Cantavieja and Morella, the main […]
Cantavieja
The Maestrazgo was configured as a war zone from the moment the Carlists decided to establish their center of operations in Cantavieja. It was the year 1836 and, since then, […]
Fortanete
This locality constitutes an intermediate step in the access to the heart of the Carlist Maestrazgo. The local authorities strove to maintain loyalty to the queen’s rule. At the same […]
Allepuz
Allepuz could be the prototype of a small peripheral town involved in an increasingly demanding war dynamic. Located at a transition point between the Maestrazgo and the Alfambra valley, this […]
Villarroya de los Pinares
The town council of Villarroya de los Pinares was especially active in the defense of government legality in the early stages of the war. And this in spite of the […]
Miravete de la Sierra
The population of Miravete de la Sierra, at the outbreak of the First Carlist War, consisted of 32 neighbors and 294 souls. The balance of the community was fragile. For […]
Cañada de Benatanduz
When the Prussian military officer in the service of the Carlists, Wilhelm von Rahden, arrived at Cañada de Benatanduz, he was not only impressed by the position of the hamlet […]
La Cuba
The dynamics of the war involved all the towns of Maestrazgo, including small villages such as La Cuba. The proximity of this population to the main rebel nuclei meant that […]
Tronchón
Tronchón was too close to the heart of the Carlist Maestrazgo to be able to avoid the hurricane of problems that came with the outbreak of war. Without being a […]
Pitarque
Nestled in the valley and surrounded by deep gorges formed by the erosion of water, Pitarque will see passing through its term in the early days of the war the […]
Villarluengo
Located on a rocky outcrop overlooking the course of the river Cañada, the history of Villarluengo has been marked by its strategic position. Its Montesanto convent was considered from the […]
Bordon
Bordón was a Carlist support point sheltered from the main fortified enclaves of the rebel territory. At the beginning it served as a concentration point for Carlist orders demanded from […]
Cuevas de Cañart
It was a passing place for government columns and Carlist parties from very early dates. During 1834 Carnicer was the ringleader who most often made an appearance in the town […]
Castellote
The image of Castellote, a town lying on a steep slope and crowned by the figure of the castle, is the very image of the Carlist resistance in Maestrazgo. Its […]
Molinos
Molinos is located on the northern border of the Carlist territory. Its position between Lower Aragon and Maestrazgo meant that this town suffered the alternating influence of the two contenders […]
Mirambel
Mirambel did not play a military role for Carlism. Its position in the valley, among other points much more susceptible to fortification and under the protection of Cantavieja, determined that […]