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Bejís is a mountain village in the Alto Palancia, with a Roman aqueduct and a castle of Muslim origin. It was a commandery of the Order of Calatrava and withstood a five-month Carlist siege.
Rock paintings attest to human presence for some 10,000 years and the aqueduct is the most important Roman remain. The reconquest took place in 1228-1229, led by Pedro Fernández de Azagra in the service of James I. On 27 April 1235 it was ceded to the Order of Calatrava, with commandery status and representation in the Valencian Cortes, and a charter for 110 men under the law of Valencia is known from 18 August 1276.
At the end of the 16th century snow began to be gathered to supply ice to Valencia. The hermitage of the Virgen de Loreto dates from the 18th century.
In the First Carlist War it surrendered on 22 May 1840, after a five-month siege by General Azpiroz. In 1983 the aqueduct was declared a Site of Cultural Interest, and on 15 August 2022 a major fire hit the comarca.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Bejís (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 1/11/2026.
