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Castellfort, in Els Ports, keeps a hermitage with a painted hall from the 16th century, the Virgen de la Fuente. It became independent from Morella in 1691.
On 1 August 1237 Blasco de Alagón conquered the place from the Muslims and entrusted the resettlement to Ferrer Segarra. In 1361 Peter IV rebuilt the castle and fortified the village. In 1406, after the death of Martin the Humane, civil war broke out in the Maestrazgo with heavy fighting in the village.
On 9 February 1691 Charles II decreed independence from Morella. In 1708 a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession took place between the troops of Archduke Charles and those of Philip V.
The hermitage of the Virgen de la Fuente was begun in 1476, has a painted hall from 1566 with murals of 1597, and has been a Historic-Artistic Monument since 1979. The parish church of the Asunción was built between 1725 and 1734.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Castellfort (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 1/11/2026.
