ROUTE OF THE CASTLES IN ARAGON : PERACENSE
Open during the whole day while restoration works continue.
Information at Peracense's Town Hall. Phone: +34 978863281.
About 45 km. from Teruel, this fortress hangs from an isolated cliff of the Menera Sierra. It was built around the first half of the 14th C., for a strictly military use. The north and east sides are inaccessible. In the south and west a wall was built: it has the form of a right angle, it is 3 metres thick and is reinforced by three rectangular towers. There are machicolations and several merlons of the battlements have been kept. Nowadays it is being restored. The entrance to the castle is a narrow gate at the edge of the cliff. The fortress has irregular square plan, and it extends over 4000 m2.
It is divided in three sections. Only the front wall of the keep has survived. In the inside the courtyard is about 60x40 metres. We can see a series of niches that must have been used to store supplies and to protect soldiers from the cold. Some archaeological remains have been found. The views in the surroundings are spectacular.
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.
Huesca |
Teruel |
Zaragoza |
Aragon |
Maps |
Fauna |
Flora |
Geology |
Fungi |
Tourism |
Mudejar |
Goya |
Alphabetical Index |
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Francisco Javier Mendivil Navarro
Peracense. Teruel. 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. SOS DEL REY CATHOLIC, DAROCA, ALCAÑIZ, Valderrobles, Peracense, ALBARRACIN, RUBIELOS DE MORA, THE ALJAFERIA, ZARAGOZA, OTHER CASTLES
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