Vall d’Alba:

the charm of the White Valley

Vall d’Alba is named after Alba, a Muslim farmstead. This Mozarabic “white valley” belonged to Vilafamés until 1925, when it was split off to form a municipality. In a succession of strategic moves, Jaume I initially gave the area to the Benifassà Monastery, but took it back in 1244 and later gave it to the Hospitallers, who received a Royal Charter in 1264. Finally, it came under the control of the Order of Montesa until it became a separate municipality. The Hospitallers left a deep mark in the form of both the local people’s welcoming character and the municipal coat of arms, which bears the Latin words labor and virtus, work and virtue.