ROUTE OF THE CASTLES IN ARAGON : UNCASTILLO
Guided tours: from 10 to 13 and from 16,30 to 18.The service is not available on Monday and Tuesday.
In the Cinco Villas area, Uncastillo was the main fortress on the defensive line against Navarra. It is one of the biggest and best located in Aragon: on a very steep cliff, around which the castle was built between the rivers Riguel and Cadenas, which became the castle's moats. It has oval plan, about 115x75 metres, and occupies a total extension of around 6600 m2. The 13th C. keep has square plan and battlements. The Gothic palace that Pedro IV built in the 14th C. has rectangular plan and a slender semi-octagonal tower. Inside the tower, a staircase leads to the upper floor and the terrace, that was used as watch-tower. The whole town has been declared Historic-Artistic Ensemble and, among the monuments to visit, some stand out: the palaces of the 16th C., the Palace of Martin el Humano (the Humane), from the 15th C., the churches of Santa Maria, San Martin, San Juan (with interesting Romanesque mural paintings), San Felices and San Lorenzo, from the 12th C., San Miguel (13th C.) and San Andres, from the Renaissance. The Romain remains of los Bañales include the baths and an aqueduct.
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
Uncastillo. 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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