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ROUTE OF THE CASTLES IN ARAGON : OTHERS CASTLES

AINSA: Its castle, which presents rests dating back to the 11^th C., was remodelled between the 16^th and the 17^th C.
BIEL: Romanesque tower from the 11^th C. This could be the birthplace of King Alfonso I the Fighter. The town is a singular Medieval ensemble.
SAMITIER: Tower and church.
MURO DE RODA: Spectacular 11^th C. fortress with a Romanesque church with three naves and a crypt.
FANTOVA: Circular Lombard-Romanesque tower from the 11^th C. with attached Romanesque church of a single nave and a semicircular apse.
ABIZANDA: Imposing Romanesque tower from the 11^th C.
MONTEARAGON (HUESCA): Romanesque castle-abbey (12^th C.). Though it is in ruins, you can still see its walls, the tower, the keep and the Baroque church.
TRASMOZ: 12^th. C. castle famous because of the legends about witches and covens.
MONTAÑANA: Medieval ensemble: lay-out, rests of the walls, towers and bridges.
ALFAJARIN: Muslim castle from the 9^th C. Then it became mansion for the Barons of Cornel, Espes and Alagon. The Hall is still conserved.

MESONES DE ISUELA: Castle-palace from the 14^th-15^th C. The northeast tower is remarkable, with a dome with painted wood in the Mudejar style.
ILLUECA: Castle-palace from the 14^th-15^th C., in the Mudejar, Renaissance and Baroque styles. Here the famous Papa Luna, Benedicto XIII, was born.
CALATORAO: Castle with a Muslim origin transformed into a fortified palace around 1500. It is made of brick, with battlements, and it is one of the few inhabited castles in Aragon.
MEQUINENZA: Castle from the 13^th-14^th C., with a vast fortified area. Now it belongs to the ENHER company.
CETINA: Castle-palace from the 15^th century. The east tower is probably from an older period. In its Gothic oratory the poet Francisco de Quevedo got married.
CASPE: Gothic ensemble of the Collegiate church of Santa Maria la Mayor and the rests of the castle-palace where the famous Compromise took place in 1412 to proclaim king of Aragón the Castilian prince Fernando I of Antequera.
ALBALATE DEL ARZOBISPO: Gothic castle from the 13^th-14^th C., an interesting Gothic room has been conserved. The whole town is a Historic-Artistic Ensemble.
MAELLA: 16^th C. castle, in late Gothic style. It belonged to the Calatrava order. Next to it, a Gothic church with a Classic facade.
ALCALA DE LA SELVA: Romanesque-Gothic castle (12^th C.) built on a previous Muslim building.

Ample your information on Aragon

If you want to extend your information on Aragon you can begin crossing another interesting route is the Mudejar, Patrimony of the Humanity, also you can extend your cultural knowledge on Aragon examining its municipal and institutional heraldry without forgetting, of course, some of its emblematics figures as Saint George Pattern of Aragon also book of Aragon.

Also Aragon enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiario that lives in its monuments.

The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces: Zaragoza, Teruel and Huesca and his shines, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa, the Moncayo or by opposition the Ebro.

Also you can dedicarte to the intangible ones: from the legend compilation that also does to universal Aragon you can persecute the presence of the Santo Grial in Aragon.

Francisco Javier Mendivil Navarro

OTHERS CASTLES. Castles in Aragon. Tourism in Aragon. In Aragon remains a lot of castles built between the s. IX and XVI. Most formed strategic positions or shelter and some were conceived as noble residence. Few Aragonese castles that sit on a totally flat, being more frecuenteslos castles built on rocks or mountains. JACA, Calatayud, SOS DEL REY CATHOLIC, DAROCA, UNCASTILLO, ALCAÑIZ, LOARRE, Valderrobles SADABA, Peracense, ALQUEZAR, ALBARRACIN, MONSOON, RUBIELOS BLACKBERRY, THE ALJAFERIA, ZARAGOZA, OTHER CASTLES

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