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The Carabona Tower, also called the Farmhouse of Carabona, is a cultural heritage site (''Bien de Interés Cultural'') in the municipality of Burriana (Valencian: Borriana), close to the “Camí del Palmeral” road and about 250 meters away from “Camí Vell de Valencia” road, in the region of Plana Baixa in the province of Castellón, Spain. According to the General Directory of Artistic Heritage of the Generalitat Valenciana, it received its ministerial annotation number (R-I-51-0010939) on December 4, 2002.〔http://www.cult.gva.es/dgpa/bics/detalles_bics.asp?IdInmueble=1341〕 As its name suggests, it is an old farmhouse, built between the 13th and the 18th centuries.〔 Thus, this fortified farmhouse has its origins in the Muslim era. Its defensive structure was required because of the need to secure areas for agricultural use outside the urban areas.〔http://www.castilloscomunidadvalenciana.com/planb13.htm〕 == History == Carabona, which was formerly called “Alberg”, became the main town in the municipality of Burriana before the ''Reconquista'' (Reconquest). After the conquest by the Christians, these territories were given to the brothers Leonardo and Juan de Ager by King James I of Aragon on November 3, 1219. Since this donation was finally not made, years later, in 1233, during the siege of Burriana, the king himself again donated Carabona, this time to the military Order of Saint George of Alfama. According to a letter of donation signed by|King James II of Aragon], he granted such order in March 1307. This continuous reference to the donation to the Order of Saint George of Alfama may have been caused by problems that this order had throughout its existence because, even though it was established by King Peter II of Aragon in 1201, the order was not approved by the Holy See until 1373. Besides, the order merged with the one of Montesa and that again caused considerable changes.〔〔http://mayores.uji.es/blogs/antrop/2011/12/05/historia-de-burriana/〕 After the union of the Order of Saint George to the Order of Montesa in 1400, Carabona remained under the Lordship of Montesa. Years later, in the sixteenth century, Carabona ended up in the possession of Martín de Viciana and Sancho de Cardona, who disputed the ownership of Carabona. Finally, it was sold to Martín de Viciana who acquired it by purchasing the town of ()], according to the executed deed by the notary Francisco Juan Inglés; this is documented in the Municipal Archive of Nules, in the “Llibre of Redelme”, a book dated 1590. Later documentation, which was found in the Historic Parish Archives in Burriana, show that in 1775 the farm belonged to Margarita Llorens, who received it from her father Bautista Llorens. He had previously bought it from the Fathers of Remedio of Valencia for 4,000 pounds.〔http://www.xn--castillosdeespaa-lub.es/es/content/carabona-torre-de〕 Over the years, the farmhouse became the property of the heirs of Maria Garces de Marcilla and is now in the hands of Burriana's town council.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carabona Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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