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Mirambel

A very active political enclave

A very active political enclave

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 it was a bustling political enclave full of activity. The Junta Superior Gubernativa de Aragón, Valencia and Murcia, which supported the work of Cabrera in his governmental actions, had its headquarters here.

With the establishment of a court of appeal, the beginning of a judicial structure was outlined. Closely linked to these political tasks, a printing press operated within its walls to disseminate the orders issued by its organs throughout the territory.

© José Luis Cano

The Superior Governing Board

The Print Shop

El Serrador and the church fire

Baroja fascinated by Mirambel

In its early days, the Carlist insurrection had a military logic and Ramón Cabrera held all the power in the territory of Maestrazgo.

Since the establishment of the Junta Superior Gubernativa, Mirambel had a printing press to stamp the documents of this institution.

In February 1837 the remains of a liberal detachment that had been attacked by the ringleader Serrador arrived at Mirambel.

Pío Baroja dedicated one of his novels of the cycle “Memoirs of a man of action” to the war in Maestrazgo and entitled it La venta de Mirambel .

Coat of arms of the Carlist Junta Superior Gubernativa carlista based in Mirambel.
Coat of arms of the Carlist Junta Superior Gubernativa carlista based in Mirambel.
Copy of the Boletín del Ejército Real de Aragón Valencia y Murcia, a Carlist newspaper that was printed for a long time in Mirambel.
Copy of the Boletín del Ejército Real de Aragón Valencia y Murcia, a Carlist newspaper that was printed for a long time in Mirambel.
Coat of arms of the Carlist Junta Superior Gubernativa carlista based in Mirambel.
Religious heritage was severely damaged during the Carlist wars. Image of the fire in the parish church of Soneja by El Serrador.
Coat of arms of the Carlist Junta Superior Gubernativa carlista based in Mirambel.
First edition of La Venta de Mirambel (1931), an episode of the "Memoirs of a man of action", in which Pío Baroja recreates numerous stories set in Mirambel.

The Superior Governing Board

In its early days, the Carlist insurrection had a military logic and Ramón Cabrera held all the power in the territory of Maestrazgo.

Coat of arms of the Carlist Junta Superior Gubernativa carlista based in Mirambel.
Coat of arms of the Carlist Junta Superior Gubernativa carlista based in Mirambel.

The Print Shop

Since the establishment of the Junta Superior Gubernativa, Mirambel had a printing press to stamp the documents of this institution.

Copy of the Boletín del Ejército Real de Aragón Valencia y Murcia, a Carlist newspaper that was printed for a long time in Mirambel.
Copy of the Boletín del Ejército Real de Aragón Valencia y Murcia, a Carlist newspaper that was printed for a long time in Mirambel.

El Serrador and the church fire

In February 1837 the remains of a liberal detachment that had been attacked by the ringleader Serrador arrived at Mirambel.

Coat of arms of the Carlist Junta Superior Gubernativa carlista based in Mirambel.
Religious heritage was severely damaged during the Carlist wars. Image of the fire in the parish church of Soneja by El Serrador.

Baroja fascinated by Mirambel

Pío Baroja dedicated one of his novels of the cycle “Memoirs of a man of action” to the war in Maestrazgo and entitled it La venta de Mirambel .

Coat of arms of the Carlist Junta Superior Gubernativa carlista based in Mirambel.
First edition of La Venta de Mirambel (1931), an episode of the "Memoirs of a man of action", in which Pío Baroja recreates numerous stories set in Mirambel.