History
The origin of Quart de Poblet goes back to Roman times, and although there have
been proposals from local historians who wanted to link it to the Phoenician, Iberian
or Punic period, there is no reliable evidence to date. The etymology of the place
name Quart is linked to the existence of a route that communicated the Roman
Valentia with the peninsular interior. Quart-Quartum refers to the miliar stone that
marked the distance of four Roman miles from Valentia, and that would be in the
environs of the present Place Valldecabres1. As vestiges of the Roman period, the "old
Roman bridge" survives in the municipality on the Turia, the site of Les Basses in the
Barranco de Chiva. Although to date of today there are no Roman archaeological
remains in the urban nucleus.
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However, it was in the Middle Ages when its people became protagonists of
important events in the history of Valencia: Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, El Cid, led in Quart
de Poblet a significant battle against the Almoravids forces named like the town and
is reflected in the Cantar de Mio Cid, and in sources highlights the reference to the
Quart de Poblet Castle, now gone.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar