ROUTE OF THE CASTLES IN ARAGON: JACA (THE CITADEL)
Jaca Citadel.
Admission Times: WINTER: From 11 to 12 and from 16 to 17.
SUMMER: From 11 to 12 and from 17 to 18.
It has been declared National Monument. Felipe II ordered its construction in 1591, and the building was first called San Pedro Castle.
Its pentagonal plan has a grandiose size, with its moat and counterscarp.
It is built on a plain. There is a typical bastion on each angle and an ample walkway allows to walk round the whole perimeter.
In some of the corners there are sentry-boxes. The moat is crossed by a bridge with three arches and a drawbridge.
The doorway has an Herrerian style. The interior is a vast pentagonal square surrounded by pavilions with two storeys of arches supported by pillars.
San Pedro chapel (18th C.) is an isolated building with a bell gable and a Baroque doorway.
In Jaca we can also visit the Romanesque cathedral (11th C.), the Benedictine monastery, Santiago church, the hermitage of Sarsa, San Miguel bridge,
the Clock Tower and the Town Hall.
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.