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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Valencian Community
- Province
- Castelló / Castellón
- Comarca
- Els Ports
- Alcalde
- Bernabé Sangüesa ( Independents per Morella )
- Total
- 413.5 km (159.7 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 984 m (3,228 ft)
- Density
- 6.048/km (15.67/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Morellan , • morellà , - ana ( Val. ) , • morellano , - ana ( Sp. )
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Official language s
- Valencian Spanish
- Website
- www.morella.net/
- Type
- Non-movable
- Criteria
- Historic ensemble
- Designated
- 28 October 1965
- Reference no
- RI-53-0000067
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Morella ( Valencian: [moˈɾeʎa]) is an ancient walled city located on a hill-top in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is the capital and administrative centre of the comarca of Els Ports, in the historic Maestrat (Maestrazgo) region.
There are traces of settlement by the Iberians, succeeded by the Greeks and Romans, Visigoths and the Moors. From the early 17th century to the Spanish Civil War, the town was often fought over, due to its strategic situation between the Ebro and the coastal plain of Valencia. Morella is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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