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The castle and the battle of Alcocer
According to El Cantar, El Cid passed Ateca on the sixteenth day of exile, setting up camp on the hillock of Torrecid. This is a readily defensible place overlooking the fortified town of Alcocer, whi...
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The castle of Bubierca
"Then he passed Bubierca, and Ateca, which is farther on / Then mío Cid camped near Alcocer". One of the stages of this literary route, which takes tourists along the places mentioned in El Can...
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The walls of Calatayud
After the capture of Alcocer by El Cid, the people in Calatayud asked the king of Valencia, Tamín, to get involved and help them. The king, a Muslim, sent an army of three thousand horsemen, wh...
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Castle of Terrer, the place where Fariz took refuge
According to the literary work, the castle of Terrer and other Muslim towns paid tribute to El Cid while he laid siege to Alcocer, which was how he successfully kept his troops fed during the battle. ...
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The fortress of Albarracín
Albarracín’s crag-top castle or fortress is situated right in the centre of the old Islamic medina. It crowns the village, making it an impregnable castle for centuries. You need to visit...
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The gates of the walled city of Huesa del Común
Only three of the original gates of the walled city of Ossa (Huesa del Común), which were built adjacent to the castle, remain standing: Portal de San Miguel, the western Portal and the Portal ...
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Santa Emerenciana's Church
It was built between the XVI and XVII centuries according to Gothic and Renaissance fashion. In the outside you can admire its forceful forms and the Mannerist cover with four Ionic columns of blackis...
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San Francisco Church Teruel
It is a 15th-century Gothic building. It is home to an outstanding work of masonry in contrast to the other 14th-century buildings in Mudejar brick. Source: Spain Info. Visit: Check schedules i...
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Tower, ceiling and cimborio of the Cathedral of Santa María de Mediavilla, Teruel
The tower, ceiling and cimborio of the Cathedral of Teruel are some of the most outstanding representative examples of Mudéjar architecture of Aragón, which was declared World Heritage b...
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