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==History== The town inherited the name from a Moorish castle on the top of the hill of Magdalena (the {{ill|Castle of Fadrell|es|Castillo de Fadrell}}), a {{ill|Ḥiṣn|es|lt=''ḥiṣn''}} dominating over a demarcation roughly consisting of the current-day municipalities of Castellón and [[Almassora]].{{Sfn|Rabassa Vaquer|2008|p=9}} The area capitulated to [[James I of Aragon]] in 1233.{{Sfn|Rabassa Vaquer|2008|p=10}} This was followed by a series of attempts to create new settlements in the area starting with the ''[[alqueria]]'' of Benimahomet, the first Christian project to leave the castle, with mixed results.{{Sfn|Rabassa Vaquer|2008|p=10}} Following the 1247 mudéjar revolt, James I decreed the expulsion of the ''[[mudéjar]]es'' from the area in 1248.{{Sfn|Rabassa Vaquer|2008|p=11}} The current settlement was however not founded until the 1250s, after James I, on 8 September 1251, granted Ximén Pérez d'Arenós a privilege authorising him to move from the castle to a new unspecified place in the plains (''plana'').{{Sfn|Rabassa Vaquer|2008|pp=10–11}} Tradition claims that the move was completed by the third Sunday of [[Lent]], 1252. During the [[Middle Ages]], the city was protected by [[moat]]s, walls and [[tower]]s, and a church was built, later becoming a cathedral. Due to its geographic proximity to Valencia, the city prospered as a port. During the late medieval period, many members of the community participated in maritime trade, or in industries supporting the merchant community.<ref>Igual Luis, David. “Great and small Trade in the Crown of Aragon. The example of Valencia in the Late Middle Ages”. ''Imago temporis: medium Aevum'', no. 3, pp. 231-48, doi:10.21001/imagotemporis.vi3.208809.</ref> In the 16th century the town was one of the last [[fortification|strongholds]] in the [[Revolta de les Germanies]] (local [[guild]]s). It also supported [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Charles of Austria]] in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1701–14), but was later taken by the troops of [[Philip V of Spain|Philip d'Anjou]]. In the 19th century, the city walls were torn down and it slowly began to expand, a process interrupted by the [[Peninsular War|War of Independence]] against [[Napoleon]] (1804–14) and the [[Carlism|Carlist Wars]] (1833–63). In 1833 Castelló became the capital of the newly constituted province. In the second half of the 19th century, the city again began to expand, marked by the arrival of the railway, the enlargement of the port and the construction of representative buildings (Provincial Hospital, [[Casino]], Theater) and parks. In 1991 a university ([[Jaume I University]]) was established, set upon a modern campus. The local [[Economic system|economy]] is based on industry, tourism and [[craft]]-work.
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