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Valderrobres (Spanish: [baldeˈroβɾes]) or Vall-de-roures (Catalan: [ˈbaʎ də ˈrowɾəs], locally: [ˈbaɫ de ˈrɔwɾes]) is a municipality and the major town of the comarca of Matarranya (Spanish: Matarraña) in the province of Teruel, Aragon (Spain). It is located in view of the landscape of the northwestern foothills of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit, by the Matarranya River, a tributary to the right of the Ebro. Valderrobres is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities.

The town has a Gothic church of Santa Maria and a Renaissance townhall building.

This town and the surrounding comarca are part of La Franja and the local dialect is a variant of Catalan. The name of the town means "Valley of the Oaks

Alcañiz is a town and municipality in the province of Teruel, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. The town is located on the banks of the river Guadalope. Alcañiz is the unofficial capital of the Lower Aragon historical region. Its distance from Teruel, the provincial capital, is 149 kilometres and from Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon, 105 kilometres.

Alcañiz is the capital of the Bajo Aragón comarca and the second city in the province after Teruel.

The current settlement of Alcañiz dates to the Islamic era in Spain. It was captured by the Christian troops of Alfonso I of Aragon in 1119, but was later taken back by the Moors. It was conquered again by count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona in 1157, and again lost, until it was finally recaptured by his son Alfonso II of Aragon. In 1179 the latter gave the town the military Order of Calatrava