A city that came into being on September 8 1251 in Lleida, when Jaime I granted permission to transfer his royal city from the mountain to the plain, it was on the hill of La Magdalena where Castellón has its ancestral home.
Situated in the extreme east of the old Kingdom of Valencia, Castellón is today one of the 52 provinces of Spain and is located in the Autonomous Community of Valencia. The capital city is Castellón de la Plana.
