Cantavieja

Cantavieja stands in the Maestrazgo uplands of Teruel province in Aragon, on high ground between mountain slopes and wooded country. Muslim rule ended when Alfonso II of Aragon conquered the place in 1169. The town was first given to the Order of the Holy Redeemer, and in 1212 it passed to the Knights Templar, who received its charter in 1225. In 1307 the last Templar commander, Ramón de Galliner, held the castle, and the following year it was besieged for several months before it surrendered.