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Artana, in the Espadán mountains, was a small Muslim barony turned Christian lordship. Its oldest traces are Mesolithic and its castle was blown up in the Carlist wars.
James I conquered the village in 1242 and gave it to Guillem Romeu; it remained a small lordship, with a subject Muslim population, within the barony of Artana. In the 15th century it passed to the Tou family, lords of Borriol and Sollana, in the 16th to the Duchy of Villahermosa, and in the 18th its lord was Duke José Gurrea de Aragón.
The Moriscos were expelled in 1609 and in 1611 it was resettled with Christians. In 1646 it had about 300 inhabitants.
In the Carlist wars the castle was dynamited. The population peaked in 1910 at 2,926.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Artana (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 1/11/2026.
