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ARAGON Information: THE PROVINCE OF ZARAGOZA - ZARAGOZA VILLAGES

ZARAZONA is one of those brilliant ancient towns that manages to enhance its beauty through a combination of monuments and landscape, which in this case is due to the proximity of the Moncayo. This is a town with a famous juderia or Jewish quarter, and a strong Morisco presence, visible in the amount of Mudejar buildings, which only Teruel can eclipse.
The cathedral is the most definitive statement of thirteenth-century Aragonese Gothic art, although a major fire and the Mudejar renovation prevent the original work from being seen. Cistercian sobriety is evident at the head of the church. The Mudejar dome lantern is from the sixteenth century, but the most intesting element is the cloister, from the early sixteenth century, with a predominance of Mudejar over Gothic. The plaster work in the lattice elements is particularly beautiful. The Renaissance sculptures in the Town Hall allude to the coronation of Charles V, making use of the mythological battles of Hercules. Churches and civic buildings add to the urban layout of a highly interesting town.

In NUEVALOS stands the Cistercian Santa Maria de Piedra monastery, founded in the twelfth century and provided with major economic resources. Today, it is one of the sites most visited by tourists, due to the beautiful scenery of poplar groves, woods and the flow of the River Piedra, particularly the 50-metre Cola de Caballo waterfall. Some of these spectacles are the result of the irregular formation of the terrain, whereas others are the result of engineering. A hotel, built in the former dependencies of the monastery, adds to the site's tourist attraction.

The old part of CALATAYUD is declared a site of artistic-historical interest. One of its most noteworthy monuments is the Santa Maria collegiate church, one of the highpoints of Mudejar architecture in Aragón. The tower was added in the sixteenth century; the plateresque church front is the work of Juan de Talavera and Esteban de Obray.
The town has an interesting fortified enclosure from the mid to late ninth century, unique in its genre and with an alcazaba, three secondary fortresses in the lower area and a large tower.

DAROCA is a historic town protected by its walls measuring around four kilometres, with several towers and two beautiful gates that lend atmosphere to a visit. This was a Muslim fortress to defend the Taifa kingdom of Zaragoza, and it has preserved this military character well. At the end of the twelfth century, stones began to be cut from the quarries for the Santa Maria, San Juan and San Miguel churches, in accordance with the Romanesque aesthetic style, with Moriscos continuing the work in brick. Daroca is renowned for the eucharistic miracle of los corporales, which occurred in 1236. The safekeeping of the relic led to the construction of "the superb piece of gilded silver" by Pere Moragues, the foot of which resembles that of the chalices, and the main section a two-tier altarpiece. To house such a reliquary, Ferdinand and Isabelia built a chapel in the Santa Marfa collegiate church, lavishly decorated with arches and the monarchs' coats of arms.

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