| Valencia Region |
Ancient mountain town with an important Moorish castle at 330 m altitude 27 km north of Valencia and west of Sagunto.
It retained a large Muslim population for centuries after its reconquest in 1238 (80 houses in 1609 at the time of their final expulsion from Spain). The ruins of the Moorish castle are still visible. Latitude: 39º 41' ; Longitude 0º 26' E.
And he sent to the townsmen greeting them, and saying that he was coming to dwell among them and to be their King, and that he would deal bountifully by them; and that he should wait awhile in the town which was called Sera.
Then Yahia, the grandson of Alimaymon, set forth with all his company from Sera, and all the people of Valencia, high and low, went out to meet him with great rejoicings.