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   PEGO:
   In the Pego municipal district abound archaeological remains that prove that, since ancient times, man has populated this mountain valley that benefits from the abundance of water and its proximity to the Mediterranean.


   At Ambra remains of decorated Neolithic pottery dated between 4000-2000 B.C have been discovered.
The Romans left their mark in Tossalet de Almela or Pujol, at places such as Bullentó, Castelló, Rupais and in Tossalet de les Mondes. In the year 726 the Moors occupied the Valley of Pego.
   Brought under control the Moorish invasion the conquest of the land began with the concession of the “carta de poblament” treaties, the first in 1279 and the second in 1286, in which Alfons III assigned the farmstead of Uxola as the sight of the future town of Pego. The new walled town was colonised by settlers from Barcelona.