After the Reconquista , King James I of Aragon gave the Castle , the town of Quart and the farmstead of Aldaia to the Priory of the Hospital of Aldaia of Sant Vicent de la Roqueta ( in the Book of distribution distribution folio 78-v °, seat # 1472 – consists that on January 7 , 1244 , Jaime I said , I quote : " A Sant Vicent , el Castell i la Vila de Quart , i l ' alcria de Ladea -Aldaia- "). At that time , the population had only 130 houses with old Christians .
It was in 1287 when Quart , by decision of King Alfonso II of Aragon was under the jurisdiction of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet , belonging to the Cistercian order dependent and the San Vicente de la Roqueta . In fact , a monk of St . Vincent continued to be the foreman of the place , but sometimes delegated the functions to the mayor . In 1332 , King Alfonso IV gave permission to the abbot of Poblet , Ponce de Copons , to expel the Moorish and in 1334 granted the charter of settlement to 52 families of Catalonia and Aragon , who made Quart de Poblet their new home . This charter consecrate the birth of the modern city . The dependence of Poblet was maintained until the confiscation decreed by Juan Alvarez Mendizabal in 1835 . It was a legacy the second part of the name of the municipality .
The Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception was built in the 14th century , but was rebuilt in the 18th century in Baroque style , and is between 1310 and 1320 the construction of the hermitage of Sant Onofre , following the advent of the holy hermit to a miller .
On June 14 , 1630 , meeting the pastor of Quart , faithful and juries of the Council agreed to proclaim to the Verge de la Llum patron of the Villa . It was pope Urban VIII .
The Procession of San Onofre , one of the most deeply rooted traditions in Quart de Poblet , was born on June 8 , 1723 after a period of drought . Seven decades later , Aldaya won the lawsuit that forced the partition of the area .
Throughout the 19th century , the inhabitants of Quart de Poblet participated in the War of Independence ( San Onofre Combat ), which did not hesitate to face