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The ROMANESQUE ART IN ARAGON: CINCO VILLAS.

In this area Romanesque art spread mainly from the 12^th C. Being a frontier land, its buildings present quite often a structure adapted to the defensive or military function.

Other interesting places:

Luesia:

Medieval ensemble. Parish church of San Esteban and hermitage of the Virgin of Puyal, in the late Romanesque style.

Luna:

Church of San Gil, with carved capitals and decoration on the doorway; church of Santiago. Both are Monuments of Cultural Interest and date back to the 12^th C.

El Frago:

Parish church of San Nicolás (end of the 12^th C.). Door with a relief showing the Adoration and carved capitals.

Sos del Rey Católico.

It conserves the walled aspect of a fortress and a medieval colour. Sada Palace, where king Fernando was born, is now a museum. The church of San Esteban has a vaulted access gallery that could be closed in the case of an invasion. The crypt is from the 11^th C.

VISITORS: The whole town is a Historic-Artistic Ensemble. Guide service available.

Uncastillo.

Monumental town. It has kept its Medieval organization in parishes with their correspondent churches. There are several 12^th C. Romanesque churches: San Martín and Santa María (both with fortified towers), San Juan, San Lorenzo and San Felices. All of them have an structure of a single nave and a very articulated apse.

VISITORS: The town is a Historic-Artistic Ensemble. Guide service available.

Ejea de los Caballeros.

The capital of the area. The church of San Salvador keeps its original late Romanesque style in its North and East doors. Its famous tower belongs to the Gothic period. The whole building has a military structure.

Romanesque Art in Aragon.
Sobrarbe and Ribagorza | Serrablo | Jacetania | Huesca and Somontano | Cinco Villas

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.

Francisco Javier Mendivil Navarro

The ROMANESQUE IN ARAGON SOBRARBE Y RIBAGORZA / SERRABLO /JACETANIA / HUESCA Y SOMONTANO / CINCO VILLAS /.

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