Chapels of Castelló Itinerary

The “Caminàs”, a wide road crossing the Castelló orchards, is the backbone of an old network of country roads. Built before the Roman domination, the Caminàs run all the way to the south until joining the Ro-man Via Augusta and the first settlements sprouted around it as Muslim farmhouses. Over time, a number of chapels dedicated to patron saints we also erected as payment for favours received during plagues and catastrophes, as well as a particular worship from guilds and confraternities.
The itinerary includes an information panel at each of the nine chapels included.

Rural chapel / Access from Caminàs, Partida Fadrell, next to CS-22. Port Access Road. Site of Local Relevance
Andalusian country house donated in 1233 by King James I to the military order of Santiago, who turned it into a minor encomienda. Primitive chapel with Gothic influence, diaphragm arches and altarpiece from 1545. New chapel built from 1696 and completed in 1704, with a Rococo altarpiece dated back to the mid-18th century. The cemetery of the old encomienda is on the opposite side of the road.

Rural chapel / Caminás, Partida Censal, 127, 12005 Castelló de la Plana. Site of Local Relevance
Built between 1685 and 1689, with reduced dimensions and a strong popular character, according to a widespread typology. It has a simple façade with a belfry, front porch with three arches and interior of a nave with an arched vault. Inside, it shows two small fresco medallions, with the Birth and the flight to Egypt, dated from the end of the 19th century.

Rural chapel / Camí vell de la Mar, 7, 12100 Castelló de la Plana. Site of Local Relevance
Built between 1630 and 1644 on land donated by the farmer Antonio Castell in 1628. At the end of the 19th century it was subject to reforms and in 1973 it was restored by the UTECO. It shows evidence of Gothic construction features that survived for centuries. The chapel still preserves remains of the main altarpiece of 1652, by Antonio López, author of the key stone.

Av. Mare de Déu del Lledó, s/n – 12003 Castelló de la Plana. Site of Local Relevance
Spring-summer opening hours: from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. / from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Autumn-winter opening hours: from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. / from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The temple, which is the largest rural Valencian sanctuary, was constructed between 1724 and 1768 over the place where the image of Our Lady of Lledó was discovered in 1366. This basilica, with an elegant architectural structure, retains interesting artistic pieces, a small museum, altars, sacristy and access to the dressing room. Its main celebrations take place the first weekend of May.

Rural chapel / Caminàs, Partida Canet, 12004 Castelló de la Plana. Site of Local Relevance
Construction of reduced dimensions built from 1652 to show gratitude to the saint for his intercession in the plague that affected the town between 1647 and 1650. The building was designed with a popular character; thus, it has just a single nave with a single section, covered with a flat roof. Traditional stop of the Romeria de les Canyes (Pilgrimage of the Canes) and the annual celebration is held on the last Sunday of September.

Rural chapel / Camí de les Vil•les, Partida de la Font, 42B 12004 Castelló de la Plana. Site of Local Relevance
In the district of Cap, at the start of the main canal and next to the royal road of Benicàssim and the Molí de la Font (Fountain Mill), the chapel was built at the beginning of the 18th century and was restored in 1976. With a delightful set of architectural volumes, it is completely decorated with fresco paintings (1750-1760) of marked Baroque illusionistic conception, related to the art of the Guilló family.

Rural chapel / CV-147, 2, 12004 Castelló de la Plana. Site of Cultural Interest
The oldest of the chapels in the area. Built from a cistern dug partly in the rock, it already appears in documents dating back to the 15th century. It was entirely reconstructed in 1758 and left with the current appearance. There are mural paintings from 1320-1337 on one of its walls. Since 1374, it is the end point of the “Romeria de les Canyes” (Pilgrimage of the Canes) that begins in Castelló on the third Sunday of Lent.

Urban chapel / Calle Alloza, 143, 12001 Castelló de la Plana. Site of Local Relevance
Opening hours: Monday: from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
From Tuesday to Friday: from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays closed
Built in 1560 over the old mosque. The present temple was created in 1686, except for the presbytery, which was from completed in 1736. Using a popular Baroque-derived style, it has a high altar with images carved in 1941 by Juan Bautista Folia Prades. The façade, with a mixtilinear profile, includes a trabeated doorway from 1828. During the Civil War it was the base of a Masonic lodge.