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• Cabezo de Alcalá Acropolis. Azaila.

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  … Carretera dirección a Vinaceite a 1km. de Azaila. 44590. Azaila. Teruel. (Aragon) E-mail: centroin@azaila.es. http://www.azaila.es/. Iberian village. In the Río Martín de las Simas de San Pedro National Park, the archaeological remains of an Iberian village can be found.…

• Parish Church of Santa Tecla in Cervera de la Cañada. Cervera de la Cañada.

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  … Calle Cuatro esquinas. Cervera de la Cañada. Zaragoza. (Aragon) http://www.aragob.es/edycul/patrimo/. A perfect example of church-fortress in the Aragonese Mudéjar style. This church-fortress is the work of the master builder Mahoma Rami, and adjoins the tower of a previous castle standing on the si…

• Church of Santo Domingo de Silos. Daroca.

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  … Plaza de Santo Domingo, s/n. 50360. Daroca. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: darocaturismo@dpz.es. This church is one of the oldest Mudejar constructions in Spain, and is a splendid example of a mixture of different construction trends. In this case, there is a mixture of Romanesque and Mudejar elements, …

• San Francisco Church. Teruel.

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  … Avenida de Zaragoza 6. 44001. Teruel. (Aragon) The contrast of gothic architecture. It is a 15th-century Gothic building. It is home to an outstanding work of masonry in contrast to the other 14th-century buildings in Mudejar brick.…

• Santa Engracia Church. Zaragoza.

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  … Plaza de Santa Engracia s/n. 50001. Zaragoza. (Aragon) www.zaragoza.es/turismo/. Paleochristian tombs. The only thing still standing from the Hieronymite Monastery of Santa Engracia is this church. It has a Plateresque façade flanked by balustraded columns. Its crypt has recently been restored and t…

• Mudejar architecture in Aragon. Teruel.

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  … 44001. Teruel. (Aragon) Mudejar at its peak. The symbiosis of techniques and ways of understanding architecture resulting from Jewish, Muslim and Christian cultures living side by side gave rise to a new style called Mudejar, which reached its peak in the city of Teruel. The Mudejar style, resulting…

• Casa de la Comunidad (Teruel Museum). Teruel.

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  … Plaza Fray Anselmo Polanco 3. 44001. Teruel. (Aragon) Fax.: +34 978602832 | E-mail: museo@dpteruel.es. www.dpteruel.es/museodeteruel/museodeteruel.htm. The site of Teruel museum. This is one the finest examples of civic architecture in Teruel dating from the sixteenth century. The style is Renaissan…

• Castle and medieval city walls of Sos del Rey Católico. Sos del Rey Católico.

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  … Calle del Ejército Español, s/n. 50680. Sos del Rey Católico. Zaragoza. (Aragon) http://www.sosdelreycatolico.com/web/intro.asp. The town of Sos del Rey Católico has been declared a Historic/Artistic site. It is one of the most interesting mediaeval urban and architectural sites in the Spanish Pyren…

• Santa María la Mayor Collegiate Church. Caspe.

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  … Plaza del Compromiso s/n. 50700. Caspe. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: caspetur@encomix.es. http://www.caspe.es. The commitment of Caspe. It was built in the Gothic style in two stages, which is especially apparent in the height of its naves. The collegiate church is set partially on what was the acropo…

• Roman remains of Los Bañales. Uncastillo.

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  … 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…

• Third Millennium Bridge. Zaragoza.

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  … Puente del Tercer Milenio. Zaragoza. (Aragon) www.zaragoza.es/turismo/. This bridge in Zaragoza spanning the Ebro river was built on the occasion of the 2008 Universal Exhibition. This work of engineering combines aesthetics and technology. This is the largest concrete tied-arch bridge in the world,…

• Tower of the church of Santa María. Utebo.

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  … Plaza España, 1. 50180. Utebo. Zaragoza. (Aragon) The tower of the parish church of Utebo is popularly known as the 'Tower of Mirrors' thanks to the reflection produced by its 8,000 ceramic tiles. The parish church of Santa María in Utebo has one of the most outstanding towers in the Aragonese Mudéj…

• Old Tarazona bullring. Tarazona.

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  … 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…

• Fabara Roman Sepulchre. Fabara.

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  … 50793. Fabara. Zaragoza. (Aragon) http://www.fabara.es. A temple-mausoleum. This is one of the best preserved Roman tombs in the world. It is built in the shape of a temple, but houses a mausoleum from when the Romans occupied the Iberian Peninsula. It is very large, dates from the 2nd century and l…

• Conjunto de monumentos megalíticos de la Edad de Bronce. Villanúa.

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  … Villanúa. Huesca. (Aragon)…

• Traitors’ Gate. Teruel.

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  … Calle Alcañiz s/n. 44001. Teruel. (Aragon) http://turismo.teruel.net. The door of the traitor judge. Peter I's troops (Peter the Cruel) passed through this gateway on their way to conquer the city. Located next to the Arcos and also known as the door of San Miguel. History states that when the troop…

• Teruel City Walls. Teruel.

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  … Ronda de Ambeles s/n. 44001. Teruel. (Aragon) http://turismo.teruel.net. The city walls and towers. The city walls that surrounded the city had a total of 40 towers of which only a few remain. The city wall was built in four separate phases from the 13th century up to the 15th century. There are sti…

• San Esteban Tower. Teruel.

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  … Ronda de Ambeles s/n. 44001. Teruel. (Aragon) The wall entrance. The Medieval wall surrounding the town had 40 towers. There are only a few that remain standing amongst which is the San Esteban. The circular ground plan is topped with battlements and at the base there is a door with an arch and shel…

• Los Atilios Mausoleum. Sádaba.

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  … 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 …

• Los Luna Palace. Daroca.

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  … Calle Mayor, nº 75-81. 50360. Daroca. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: darocaturismo@dpz.es. http://www.daroca.es/turismo/guiaservicios/ficha.php?id=16. This former noble palace is a splendid example of Mudéjar civil architecture. It owes its name to the numerous crests of this aristocratic family which d…

• Church and tower of San Pedro Apóstol. Alagón.

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  … Alagón. Zaragoza. (Aragon) E-mail: turismoalagon@hotmail.com. The narrow tower of the Church of San Pedro Apóstol of Alagón stands out like a golden needle in the western sun against the flat horizons of the fertile river banks of the Ebro. The Church of San Pedro Apóstol is one of the typical Gothi…

• Loarre Castle. Loarre.

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  … Zona Castillo s/n. 22809. Loarre. Huesca. (Aragon) Fax.: +34 974382639 | E-mail: administracion@castillodeloarre.es. www.castillodeloarre.es. Impressive Romanesque fortress. Impressive 11th-century Romanesque fortress. It houses the church of Santa María. It was built in the late 11th century on the…

• Monzón Castle. Monzón.

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  … Castillo, s/n. 22400. Monzón. Huesca. (Aragon) http://www.monzon.es/ciudad/castillo_templario.php. This Moorish castle was given to the Knights Templar after being conquered by the monarchs of Aragon at the end of the 11th century, and it became one of their most powerful lands. The old Moorish fort…

• Barbastro Cathedral. Barbastro.

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  … Plaza Palacio s/n. 22300. Barbastro. Huesca. (Aragon) http://museodiocesano.es/visitas-a-la-catedral-de-barbastro/. The church-hall. This shows the evolution of the Gothic towards the Renaissance style. Although its structural elements are Gothic, the interior is closer to the Renaissance style. The…

• Jaca Cathedral. Jaca.

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  … Plaza de San Pedro s/n. 22700. Jaca. Huesca. (Aragon) http://www.jaca.es/. A cathedral dedicated to San Pedro. Closely linked to the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and Romanesque architecture that infiltrated Aragon through Somport and made its way towards Jaca. Originating in the 6th century,…