SANTIAGO ROUTES IN ARAGON: THE CATALAN ROUTE.
Facade of Huesca's Gothic Cathedral. The Catalan route, once all the branches have gathered in Lerida, crosses Aragon from east to west heading for Zaragoza.
Then it follows the course of the river Ebro, and connects with the traditional route to Santiago de Compostela in Huesca. One of the branches reaches Barbastro and then Huesca, looking for the route of Puente La Reina, after crossing the area of Litera and passing under the high castle of Monzon. Huesca, Roman city, and Arab afterwards, of great strategical importance, conserves its walls as well as splendid Romanesque works, such as San Pedro el Viejo, or Gothic, like the Cathedral. Besides, its old quarter invites visitors to stroll around streets full of history. Another branch enters Aragon through Fraga, which conserves the remains of a Roman villa, Villa Fortunatus, and several Renaissance buildings. From here you can reach Huesca passing by the Romanesque monastery of Santa Maria de Sijena, with a spectacular façade with fourteen archivolts, and by Sariñena and its lake, of great ornithological richness. Then you can choose between continuing towards Huesca or going back to the valley in the direction of Zaragoza, crossing Alcubierre Sierra, covered with woods of pine trees and sabinas (Juniperus Thurifera). The other option coincides with the national road II, through Monegros steppe, a landscape of wild beauty and biological importance because of its singularity. Once in Zaragoza, the route follows the course of the river along the fertile Ebro banks to Tudela. Zaragoza offers the pilgrim all the facilities of a big city, together with a cultural heritage 2.000 years old: Roman, in its walls; Muslim, in the Aljaferia; Medieval, in La Seo; Mudejar, in San Pablo, San Miguel and la Magdalena; Renaissance, in la Lonja, Santa Engracia and its many palaces; Baroque and closely related to the Virgin’s worship in el Pilar; Neoclassical; Modernist; Contemporary ... everything together leaving no place for weariness.
Santiago Routes in Aragon.
SANTIAGO ROUTES IN ARAGON MAP - French Route - Catalan Route - Valencian Route
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 del Santo Grial in Aragon.
Huesca |
Teruel |
Zaragoza |
Aragon |
Maps |
Fauna |
Flora |
Geology |
Fungi |
Tourism |
Mudejar |
Goya |
Alphabetical Index |
Thematic
INTRODUCTION - THE FRENCH ROUTE - THE CATALAN ROUTE - THE VALENCIAN ROUTE.
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