Cabanes (), also known as Cabanes de l'Arc, is a village and

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located in the

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Plana Alta Plana Alta (; ) is a ''comarca'' in the province of Castellón in the Valencian Community, Spain. The largest town in the comarca is Castellón de la Plana Castellón de la Plana (in ), or simply Castellón (), is the capital city of the prov ...

, in the

province of Castellón Castellón (); co-officially in ) is a province in the northern part of the Valencian Community. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia to the south, Teruel to the west, Tarragona to the north, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east. T ...

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, Spain. Cabanes is located near the old

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road Via Augusta, along which the Arch of Cabanes, a

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from the 2nd century AD, can be seen. In the municipality stands the old settlement of Albalat dels Ànecs, where several fortified buildings still remain.

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