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• Tudela Cathedral. Tudela.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Vieja s/n. 31500. Tudela. Navarre. E-mail: info@catedraltudela.com. http://www.catedraldetudela.com/. The cathedral was built between the 12th and 13th centuries. It has three doors; the north door is dedicated to Santa María, to the south is the Portal or Peones door, and the main doorway is …

• Church of La Magdalena. Tudela.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle del Portal, nº 27. 31500. Tudela. Navarre. E-mail: puntoencuentro@tudela.es . http://www.tudela.es/cas/index.asp. One of the most representative Romanesque-style buildings the Ribera del Ebro area in Navarre, it is distinctive for its sober lines and its slightly deflected axis. The parish chu…

• San Miguel Collegiate Church in Alfaro. Alfaro.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de España s/n. 26540. Alfaro. La Rioja. E-mail: turismoalfaro@aytoalfaro.org. http://www.alfaro.es/. It was declared a National Monument in 1976. It took more than a hundred years to build (16th-17th centuries. The idea was to make it look like a cathedral. The various storeys, with their pila…

• Old Tarazona bullring. Tarazona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza España, 2, 50500 Tarazona. 50500. Tarazona. Zaragoza. (Aragon) The bullring in Tarazona is one of the oldest in Spain (opened in 1792), and is unusual because it is octagonal, with three floors of flats all around it. The Plaza del Prado used to serve as a bullring until the current one was op…

• Tarazona Cathedral. Tarazona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Seo s/n. 50500. Tarazona. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: catedral@tarazonamonumental.es. www.catedraldetarazona.es. It is dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Huerta. It combines a series of different styles, beginning with early 13th-century Gothic, through its latest manifestations in the 15t…

• Parish Church of La Magdalena. Tarazona.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … C/ San Juan, 2. 50500. Tarazona. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: turismo@tarazona.es. http://www.tarazonamonumental.es. It is the first Christian cathedral in Tarazona after the town was conquered by King Alfonso I "the Warrior" of Aragon. It boasts a majestic and slender Mudejar tower. From the time whe…

• Santa María de Fitero Monastery. Fitero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Iglesia, 12. 31593. Fitero. Navarre. E-mail: turismo@fitero.org. http://www.turismo.navarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso/relacionado/3028/. The monastery was built during the medieval period, between the 12th and 13th centuries; the abbatial temple, chapter house and what remains of the…

• Former Collegiate Church of Santa María. Borja.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Nuestra Señora de la Peana, s/n. 50540. Borja. Zaragoza. (Aragon) http://www.borja.es/. An exceptional architectural site, made up of the church and cloister, which harmoniously combines various traditions and different artistic styles. The former church was a Romanesque building from the 1…

• Church and cloister of La Concepción. Borja.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de Cervantes, nº 8. 50540. Borja. Zaragoza. (Aragon) http://www.borja.es/. The mystical writer Sor María de Jesús of Ágreda was involved in the foundation of the beautiful and elegant Baroque convent of the Conceptionist nuns of Borja. The convent was founded in 1652 and work on the church, …

• Parish Church of Santa María. Tauste.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Santa María, 17. 50660. Tauste. Zaragoza. (Aragon) Situated on the Ebro river bank, the parish church's majestic Mudejar tower rises up in the town of Tauste, one of the five towns with the same name as its district. The Church of Santa María is a notable example of the Aragonese Mudejar style…

• La Oliva Monastery. Carcastillo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera Ctra. Caparroso-Carcastillo km. 17,5. 31310. Carcastillo. Navarre. Fax.: +34 948715055 | E-mail: ocsolaoliva@planalfa.es. http://www.turismo.navarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso/relacionado/3029/. The monastery was founded in the 12th century by the monarch García Ramírez. The site has a …

• Los Atilios Mausoleum. Sádaba.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … carretera A-1202, km. 1. 50670. Sádaba. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: turismo@sadaba.es. http://www.sadaba.es/turismo/. Also known as the “Altar of the Moors”, this is an excellent example of a sepulchre combined with a temple. It is a funerary construction that was very common among the upper classes …

• Sádaba Castle. Sádaba.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … C/ del Castillo s/n. Sádaba. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: turismosadaba@gmail.com. http://www.sadaba.es/turismo/. In the middle of the plain of the Cinco Villas region stands the imposing and solid shape of the mediaeval castle of Sádaba, like an image from a bygone era. The first surprise in this cas…

• Calahorra Cathedral. Calahorra.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Cardenal Cascajares s/n. 26500. Calahorra. La Rioja. Fax.: +34 941131079 | E-mail: catedraldecalahorra@gmail.com. www.catedralcalahorra.org. The cathedral is located in the place where two roman legionaries were decapitated. Originally it was a baptistery, and after periods of ups and down…

• Church of El Salvador. Ejea de los Caballeros.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Magdalena, s/n. Ejea de los Caballeros. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: turismoejea@aytoejea.es. http://www.turismoejea.es. The former Romanesque collegiate church of El Salvador, consecrated in 1222 by Jimeno de Luna, bishop of Zaragoza, has a sturdy fortress-like structure and contains some…

• Roman remains of Los Bañales. Uncastillo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Uncastillo a Sádaba, km. 2. 50678. Layana. Uncastillo. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: info@fundacionuncastillo.com. http://www.losbanales.es/. These are important ruins of an urban settlement dating to Roman times, which included a number of villas and public buildings such as baths, a temp…

• Footwear Museum. Arnedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Palacio 10. 26580. Arnedo. La Rioja. E-mail: turismo@aytoarnedo.org. http://www.arnedo.com. All about shoes. This centre, opened in 1984, is devoted to the machinery and processes used in the manufacture of artisanal footwear. The museum takes visitors on a journey through the history of shoem…

• Castle-palace of Olite. Olite-Erriberri.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Carlos III El Noble. 31390. Olite-Erriberri. Navarre. Tel.: +34 948740035 | +34 948741273 | E-mail: info@guiartenavarra.com. www.palaciorealdeolite.com. The castle-palace of Olite was the residence of the kings and queens of the kingdom of Navarre until its union with Castile in the 16th centu…

• Church of Santa María la Real in Olite. Olite-Erriberri.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de los Teobaldos s/n. 31390. Olite-Erriberri. Navarre. www.turismo.navarra.es.   The church is Gothic and has an outstanding doorway, profusely decorated. Still conserved on the interior is its Renaissance altar piece, the work of Pedro Aponte, with a beautiful Gothic crucifixion. The sculptur…

• Javier Castle. Javier.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 31411. Javier. Navarre. Fax.: +34 948884259 | E-mail: castillodejavier@jesuitas.es. www.turismo.navarra.es. The house of San Francisco de Javier. Here important works of art are housed, such as a Spanish painting collection from the 15th to 20th centuries and a Japanese kimono from the 19th century.…