Cartuja Baja locality of Zaragoza municipality Province of Zaragoza. Aragon. Spain.

Locality Cartuja Baja belongs to the municipality of Zaragoza
It is at a distance of 5 Km of Zaragoza capital
Located at an altitude of 196 m
En 1991 tenía una población de 1057 habitantes
It is part of the Zaragoza

Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza

Plaza del Pilar, 18
50071 ZARAGOZA
Phone: +34 976721100

Situation map of Zaragoza Capital whitin Aragon

This neighborhood of Zaragoza is located downstream of the Ebro, next to the railway line to Barcelona by Caspe.
Until 1835 it worked as a charterhouse.
Founded by Don Alfonso de Villalpando y Funes and his wife, Mrs. Jerónima Zaporta Albión, granddaughter of the famous banker of the same last name.
Its construction began in 1651. Having been converted into a town over the years it has lost its conventual philosophy.
The church was restored according to the project of Fray Joaquín Gracia.
The frescoes are all by Francisco Bayeu, who also decorated the cloister of the chapels.
The main altarpiece has paintings by Fray Juan de Almorcon and sculptures by José Ariza (18th century).
Towards the end of the 18th century he kept in the sacristy a canvas of the "Burial of Christ", of Venetian school.

Monuments

A brief list of other important monuments that populate the city would be the following:

• Roman walls.
• Aljaferia Palace.
• Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar.
• Temple of the Seo.
• The Mudejar towers.
  • Church of Saint Paul.
  • Church of the Madeleine.
  • Tower of San Gil.
  • Tower of San Miguel.
• Other Churches.
  • Church of San Juan de los Panetes.
  • Church of San Felipe and Santiago.
  • Piarist Church.
  • Church of Santa Engracia.
  • Church of the Royal Seminary of San Carlos.
  • Holy Cross Church.
• Arco del Dean.
• Renaissance.
  • Lonja.
  • Palace of the Court.
  • Palace of the Counts of Gabarda.
  • Palace of the Count of Sastago.
  • Azara's Palace.
  • House of the Morlanes.
  • Torrero Palace.
  • Patio de la Infanta.
• Modernist buildings.
  • Former Faculty of Medicine and Sciences.
  • Casa Marín Corrale.
  • Centro Mercantil Industrial y Agrícola.
  • Casa Molins.
  • Monumento a los Sitios de Zaragoza.
  • Quiosco de la Música.
  • Casa Juncosa.
  • Casa Retuerta.
  • Casa Carlos Palao.
  • Casa Emilio Ostalé.
  • Puente de América.
• Other Buildings.
  • Puerta del Carmen.
  • Larrinaga Palace.
  • Zaragoza Central Market.
  • Galletas Patria Factory (Catalonia Avenue).
  • Monument to Juan de Lanuza El Justicia.
  • School of Arts and Crafts.
• museums.
  • Provincial Museum of Fine Arts.
  • Palace of the Pardos or Camón Aznar Museum.
  • Palace of the Counts of Argillo or Pablo Gargallo Museum.

Ample your information on Aragon

If you want Ample your information on Aragon you can begin crossing some Monasteries, o 40 Castles another interesting route is the Mudejar, Patrimony of the Humanity, also you can extend your cultural knowledge on Aragón examining its municipal and institutional heraldy without forgetting, of course, some of its emblematicas figures as San George Pattern of Aragon or its personages I illustrate adding to these data a minimum crossed by its history o some books.

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 ours varied Regions, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa or the Moncayo or by opposition in the valle of the Ebro.

If reasons of work or relatives have taken to you Far from Aragon you can Download images of bottom, sounds or animations

Also you can dedicate you to the intangible ones: from the legend compilation that also does to universal Aragon you can persecute the presence of Santo Grial in Aragon.

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