 The name in Valencian is "Ademús", but the local language is Spanish, not Valencian.The many archaeological remains still present from different time periods—Neolithic, Iberian, Roman—reveal an early occupation of the area.Notwithstanding, the first written references are Arabic ones, focusing on its castle, whose advantageous emplacement dominated the Turia river and its natural passage from the lands of Aragon to the city of Valencia.