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Castillo de Chulilla(Chulilla)

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Description

It is situated on the top of a rock at the foot of which is the population and on its east side. The mountain does not need more defensive system because in the other three sides cut to peak runs the river Turia.

It is a privileged location because of its ease of defense and because it dominates two valleys.
Its origin according to V. Marés is Roman: "Its first origin is from Romans, shortly after Julius Caesar in memory of which monarch, it was called Iulioa, or Iuliela". Escolano attributes to it the name of Juliella, of Gothic origin.

According to tradition, in 1238, King James I, due to the impregnability of the Arab castle owned by Abu Zayd, had to agree the surrender respecting lives and property of the inhabitants of the population there refugees. The "Llibre del Repartiment" records the donation of this castle to the knight Rodrigo Ortiz.
At the end of the reign of James I, an inventory was made as the end of a general review to "definitively adjust the various donations and distributions", made on several occasions that often did not coincide with reality and gave rise to lawsuits and disputes.

Thus, James I himself ceded it on February 26, 1247 to Bishop Andrés de Albalate as compensation for the noisy lawsuit between the two. With this donation the one previously made to the deanery of Valencia was annulled, and the barony of Chulilla was formed, including the towns of Losa and Villar.

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