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Culla, high in the Alt Maestrat, was the head of a large barony and seat of the Setena de Culla. The ruins of its castle overlook the medieval centre.
Blasco de Alagón reconquered Culla in 1233 and on 11 May 1235 James I gave him the town and castle. In 1244 Guillermo III de Anglesola and Constanza de Alagón granted the settlement charter, and on 12 June 1264 James I ruled in favour of Anglesola in his dispute with Blasco II de Alagón the Younger.
In 1303 Anglesola sold Culla and its domains to the Templars for 500,000 Jaca sueldos. After Clement V dissolved the Templars in 1312, their possessions passed from 1317 to Montesa, which kept Culla until the 19th century. In the 14th century the Setena de Culla was formed and worked until the mid-19th.
In the 18th century the present church and the hermitage of San Cristóbal were built. The castle was destroyed in the 19th century during the First Carlist War, and «la Presó», the Commander's old granary, served as a prison.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Culla (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 1/11/2026.
