Luco de Bordón is a town in the municipality of

Castellote Castellote is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census,Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) the municipality has a population of 804 inhabitants. Situated in a picturesque setting on the ...

in Spain's

Teruel Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 35,675 in 2014 making it the least populated provincial capital in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate, with a ...

province.

Location

The town is located 811 meters above sea level in the Sierra de Bordón. Its administration is the province of

, on the border with Valencia. The town of

Villores Villores is a municipality located in the province of Castelló, Valencian Country The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spa ...

is connected to Luco by CV-119 (Castellón province), and TE-8402 (Teruel province) that crosses the two villages. The core of Luco de Bordón is built on a hilltop and surrounded by half of a ravine near Bordón River, a tributary of the River Guadalope.

History

The name Luco derives from the Latin

Lucus In ancient Roman religion, a ''lūcus'' (, plural ''lūcī'') is a sacred grove. ''Lucus'' was one of four Latin words meaning in general "forest, woodland, grove" (along with ''nemus'', ''silva'', and ''saltus''), but unlike the others it wa ...

, meaning 'forest'. The town's history began at the end of the twelfth century (around 1196, when it was documented) when the first commander of Castellote, Gascon Castellot of Ramon Berenguer IV, yielded the town with all its territory. The territory was composed of different towns: Abenfigo, Bordón, Luco, Santolea, Seno, Las Cuevas de Cañart, Ladruñán, Dos Torres de Mercader and Las Parras y Torremocha, In 1272 Luco was a dependent group of Bordon, and could appear in the National Historical Archive. On 4 January 1282 the Templars granted a letter officially creating towns in different places, including (

, Bordón, Las Cuevas de Cañart, Santolea and Seno. In 1367, Bordón and Luco among other towns became independent of Castellote and in 1535 Luco became independent of Bordón. In 1400, the pastor of Bordón, Don Juan Calvo, bequeathed the chapel built at his own expense to the parishioners of Luco. The chapel later became the parish church of Luco. During the 1970s, towns such as Cuevas Cañart, Ladruñán, Luco, Dos Torres de Mercader and Santolea were incorporated into Castellote, losing their status as independent municipalities.

Places of interest

The path leading to the shrine of Pilar runs along the road in front of the village and enters the valley along the hillside on the right bank. The source of the Bordón river is located one hour from the village. The Morron is a stony mass that offers a view of the landscape and sunsets. The houses of Huergo are near a waterfall.

References

Official website of Castellote town hall

Official website of Luco de Bordon

Bailia de Castellote
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