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Montán, in the Alto Mijares, has a 17th-century Servite convent and a past of lordship, Moriscos and Carlist wars.
There are Iberian, Phoenician and Roman finds, and on the Monte Calvario a settlement from the late 7th or early 6th century BC. An Islamic community settled beside its castle. In 1236 the whole territory came under James I and Montán became a lordship.
After the expulsion decree of 1609 the village was resettled with 29 families from Provence and 9 Servite monks, who built the convent; the friars arrived that year and the Casa Abadía was begun. In 1612 the founding charter of Montán was granted and Montanejos, until then a dependency, gained independence.
The convent took its present appearance in 1763. In the Carlist wars it was fortified and used as barracks; the Carlists occupied it in 1836 and in May 1840 the Isabelline forces stormed it. With Mendizábal's disentailment it was dismantled and passed to a private owner; after a lawsuit, the worship area went back to the village.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Montán (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 2/11/2026.
