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Tossal dels Tres Reis () or Tossal del Rei ('Peak of the King') is a mountain of the
Ports de Tortosa-Beseit Ports de Tortosa-Beseit (), also known as Ports de Beseit, or simply as Els Ports or Lo Port by locals, is a limestone mountain massif located at the north-eastern end of the Sistema Ibérico, a complex system of mountain ranges and massifs in ...
massif,
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. It has an elevation of 1,350 metres above sea level. This mountain is one of th
Emblematic Summits of Catalonia
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Description

Its name means 'Peak of the Three Kings' and it is located where the borders of the ancient Kingdoms of Aragon,
Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
and Principality of
Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...
meet. An ancient legend has it that in the days of the Moors and Christians, three monarchs - two infidels and one who feared Christ - used to meet on top of a mountain from which they could see their territories. On the summit, there is a cairn marking the place where these three kings met.


See also

* Rock of the Three Kingdoms *
Iberian System Iberian refers to Iberia. Most commonly Iberian refers to: *Someone or something originating in the Iberian Peninsula, namely from Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. The term ''Iberian'' is also used to refer to anything pertaining to the fo ...
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List of mountains in Aragon This is a list of mountains in Aragon, Spain. They include the Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees, as well as the Moncayo, the highest peak in the Sistema Ibérico. See also * List of Pyrenean three-thousanders *Pyrenees * Pre-Py ...
** Mountains of Catalonia **
Mountains of the Valencian Community This is a list of mountains in the Valencian Community of Spain. See also *List of mountains in Aragon *List of mountains in Catalonia *Sistema Ibérico * Catalan Mediterranean System *Prebaetic System Sources * VV.AA.(1999), ''Atlas Esc ...
*
Tinença de Benifassà Tinença de Benifassà () is a historical ''comarca'' of the Valencian Community, Spain. It is nowadays part of the Baix Maestrat, one of the present-day Comarques of the Valencian Community, even though commercial and human relationships have b ...
*
Tripoint A tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints as of 2020. Nearly half are situated in rivers, l ...


References


External links


Web turística de la Tinença de Benifassà

Parc Natural de la Tinença de Benifassà - Tourist Brochure
Baix Maestrat Ports de Tortosa-Beseit Mountains of Catalonia One-thousanders of Spain Emblematic summits of Catalonia {{Catalonia-geo-stub