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Les Coves de Vinromà, in the Plana Alta, was head of a setena and of the senior commandery of Montesa, and in 1421 hosted the Cortes of the Kingdom.
Settlement is very old: there are rock paintings in the Valltorta ravine and Bronze Age material was found in the Mas d'Abad cave. In 1233 James I's chronicle mentions the castle as a target before the conquest of Valencia, and in 1235 the king gave the town and castle to Blasco de Alagón.
After Blasco's death the king ceded the castle to the Order of Calatrava; it then passed to Artal de Alagón, who entrusted the resettlement to Mateo Huguet and others under the founding charter. In 1294 James II gave the town to the Templars, and after their dissolution it went to the Hospitallers. In 1317 the Order of Montesa was created, the last lord of these lands.
In 1347 the town joined the Union of Valencian nobles against Peter IV and was punished. In the 15th century it was head of the Senior Commandery, replacing Culla, and in 1421 the Cortes of the Kingdom met here, later moving to Sant Mateu. The castle, of Muslim origin, is completely razed today.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Cuevas de Vinromá (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 2/11/2026.
