Castle of Xativa

Castell de Xativa is a stronghold situated in the city of Xativa close Valencia, Spain. It is deliberately situated on the old roadway Via Augusta driving from Rome over the Pyrenees and down the Mediterranean drift to Cartagena and Cádiz. In 1092, the château fell into the control of the Almoravid tradition who were removed in an uprising that occurred in 1145. Amid this uprising, the manor was blockaded by the Governor of Valencia, Marwan Abd-al-Aziz. In 1171, the Castle at long last fell, alongside whatever is left of the Levante drift, under the control of the Almohads. Ruler James I of Aragon started his campaign there in the late spring of 1239, at long last catching Xativa on 22 May 1244, after a five-month attack. Subsequent to submitting to the Christian ruler and marking the Treaty of Játiva the Moors gave over the littler adjacent Castle to James I, while they were permitted to keep involving the bigger manor for an additional two years in light of the terms of the settlement.