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Morella
Morella
In the upland region of Els Ports and Maestrat, straddling the autonomous communities of Valencia and Aragón, the fortified town of Morella seems untouched, occupying a lonely rise with beautiful 360-degree views of the surrounding landscape. This zone is wealthy in its naturalism, with forests, hills and valleys, steep crags and harrowing ravines. The whole place maintains a sense of its medieval self, with small mountain villages and even smaller churches and isolated hermitages.
Morella is the capital of this semi-region of the Levante, one of the oldest of Spain’s towns, with perfectly square houses separated by ancient, narrow alleys and mounted on a steep series of slopes beneath a lofty, ruined Castillo (castle) that shows traces of Iberian, Roman and Moorish influence. A pebbly looking medieval wall, with 14 towers, remains surprisingly intact, encircling the entire town and allowing entrance to it through six gates. A number of fledgling museums are located within the towers of the wall. The Museo Temps d’Imatge in the Torre Beneito displays photographs of Morella dating to the 19th century ( 96 417 30 32). The Museo Temps de Dinosaures in the Torres de Sant Miquel houses various dinosaur fossils unearthed around Morella ( 96 417 30 32). And the Museo Temps d’Historia in the Torre Nevera is devoted to the history of the city and its various inhabitants, from prehistory to the present ( 96 417 30 32). Monuments include the Gothic 13th-century Convento de San Francisco and the compact, elaborately detailed 14th-century Basílica de Santa María de Morrella, which houses the Museum of the Archpriest.
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