ROUTE OF THE MONASTERIES IN ARAGON: THE MONASTERIES IN HUESCA.
San Juan de la Peña.
About 25 km. from Jaca. Take road C-314 to Puente La Reina, then take the first turn-off to the left. We pass by Santa Cruz de la Seros, which conserves the remains of a female monastery from the 11th century, and finally we arrive at San Juan de la Peña.
We find two monasteries. Both of them are National Monuments: the upper one, Baroque from the 17th century, and the Romanesque monastery hewn into the rock and founded by the Benedictines in the 9th century.
San Juan de la Peña.
The setting itself is impressive. The monastery's plan, because of its antiquity and its extraordinary location next to the mountain, is unique. It has two floors. The lower one, subterranean, is believed to have been built in times of king Sancho Garces, around the year 922. There we find a Mozarabic church conserving Romanesque frescoes and the so-called concilios lounge (councils' lounge).
The upper floor contains the noblemen's vault, from the 11th to the 14th century, and the upper church, with a single nave and three apses. The rock itself is the roof for part of the nave. In the north wall we find the Royal Vault, where the kings of Aragon and Navarra were buried for 500 years. The current decoration is from the 17th century.
Through a Mozarabic door we enter the Romanesque cloister from the 12th century. It is placed between the precipice and the rock, which becomes a natural vault. It has two galleries with carved capitals and a third one, not so well-preserved.
After several fires, a new monastery was built up in the plain. It is a work from the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th century, in which the overelaborated Baroque façades stand out. It is a good place to picnic or to eat in the restaurant located inside the old monastery. It is advisable after a pleasant stroll- to take a look at the landscape from the so-called Balcon de los Pirineos (the Pyrenees's Balcony); from here there is a good view of the highest peaks in the Central Pyrenees.
Not far from there you can also visit Botaya, Alastuey and Binacua, with Romanesque churches from the 12th century.
Route of the Monasteries in Aragon - HUESCA - TERUEL
- ZARAGOZA - OTHERS MONASTERIES
Tourist Routes in Aragon
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.
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Francisco Javier Mendivil Navarro
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