ROUTE OF THE CASTLES IN ARAGON: SOS DEL REY CATOLICO
Sos was one of the most important fortified sites in the Cinco Villas area during the 10th and 11th centuries.
Its splendid setting on a high spur, in the foothills of La Peña sierra, makes the town become a real natural fortress.
Two promontories stand out: the southern, with the Sada Palace (Historic-Artistic Monument), where king Fernando the Catholic was born in 1452, has battlements that give it a fortress-like look.
In the northern, called Feliciana cliff, Ramiro II had the castle built: from here the ample visibility allows to see the Pyrenean mountains and those of Navarra (Sanguesa).
The castle (12th C.) presents a small walled area with an irregular plan.
In its centre, the slender keep, with a square plan, was erected.
At its foot, and following the custom, the Romanesque parish church was built.
This 13th C. building is a National Monument.
The walls, built afterwards, surround the town and mingle with the houses attached to it.
The main tower is known as the Fuente Alta (the High Fountain) or the Queen's Tower.
Other towers-doorways are: Jaca Tower, Nador Tower, Zaragoza Tower, el Mudo (the Mute) Tower, Uncastillo Tower and el Bueno (the Good) Tower.
Other remarkable buildings are the church of San Martin, a 13th C.
Protogothic church, and the Main Square Ensemble, with the late Renaissance palaces of Consistorio (16th C.),
Gil de Jaz (Escolapios since the 18th C.) and the Medieval Lonja. The whole town was declared Historic-Artistic Ensemble.
VISITS: Guided tours from 10 to 13 and from 16 to 18.
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 |
Thematic
Francisco Javier Mendivil Navarro
Sos. Zaragoza. 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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