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During the 11th century many Romanesque churches were built in the Serrablo area. Their most remarkable feature is the intense Mozarabic influence.
Mozarabic art, developed by the Christians in times of the Muslim dominion, is prior to the apparition of Romanesque art. So, for example, the Mozarabic part of San Juan de la Peña, dates back to the beginning of the 10th century.
However, this original mixing of styles that the churches of Serrablo show, happened almost two centuries later, becoming an special chapter in Romanesque art.
On the left bank of the river Gállego, between Sabiñánigo and Biescas, we can admire well-preserved examples, all of them declared Monuments of Cultural Interest: San Bartolomé de Gavín, Otal, Oliván, Susín, San Juan de Busa, San Pedro de Lárrede, Satué...
On the left bank of the river Gállego, between Sabiñánigo and Biescas, we can admire well-preserved examples, all of them declared Monuments of Cultural Interest: San Bartolomé de Gavín, Otal, Oliván, Susín, San Juan de Busa, San Pedro de Lárrede, Satué...
Romanesque Art in Aragon.
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Tourist Routes in 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 del Santo Grial in Aragon.
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