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Tales split from Onda in 1842 and was the stage of one of the battles of the First Carlist War. Today it is an irrigated farming village and a land of dulzaina players.
The castle is of Arab origin. In 1242 James I gave Tales to Guillem de Rocafort and in 1248 came the first resettlement and charter; tradition credits Pere de Castellnou with its founding. After the expulsion of the Moriscos it was almost uninhabited and was resettled with Old Christians on the initiative of Montesa's commissioner.
From 1 to 14 August 1839 a battle of the First Carlist War was fought, with some 18,000 men, in which Cabrera's troops were defeated by O'Donnell's. The castle and the village were razed.
In 1842 Tales split from Onda and in 1887 it reached its peak of 1,234 inhabitants. From the 1950s irrigation, mainly citrus, replaced dry farming, and in 1976 the monument to the dulzaina players was erected.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Tales (Castellón) (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 1/11/2026.
