Villamayor de Gállego

Pedagogy

SCHOOL MATERIALS TO WORK ON CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

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Mudetrad Project

THIS PROJECT PROVIDES AN UPDATED VISION OF THE MUDEJAR MONUMENTAL HERITAGE

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Cartography of Rural Identities

MAP OF THE TERRITORY THAT COLLECTS THE IDENTITY OF ITS INHABITANTS, HISTORY AND HERITAGE

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Circular from the rural school
Family walks

COOPERATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN RURAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS

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The Gállego River kitchen garden

Villamayor de Gállego is a municipality located near the confluence of the rivers Gállego and Ebro with a rich past as an area of Roman and Muslim settlements.

The Arab presence in the locality is visible especially in the watchtower of the Loma del Pesebre. and above all in the inherited tradition that takes shape in the town from the construction of a spectacular landscape of water resources, as well as in a town planning marked by palatial brick houses and the spectacular Mudejar tower of the church of the Assumption of Our Lady, the only preserved element of the Mudejar church and a clear manifestation of the economic strength of the town at the dawn of the modern era.

The tower was commissioned by the master builder Domingo de Estala in 1587 and is a superb example of late Mudejar architecture. It is divided into two sections: the lower, two-storey section with a square floor plan, and the upper, three-storey octagonal section with corner turrets between them. It combines an exuberant brick decoration with Muel tiles.

Villamayor de Gállego is a municipality located near the confluence of the rivers Gállego and Ebro with a rich past as an area of Roman and Muslim settlements.

The ancient “Almamblas”

Villamayor de Gállego was established on an ancient village that the Muslims called Mamblas or Almamblas, which could be located near the Torre de la Hacienda and the old irrigation ditch. It was founded in the mid-12th century, after the conquest of Saragossa by Alfonso I and as part of the royal plans to establish a population in the areas recently won from the Muslims.

Dominating the town is the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Pueyo, on a hillock where the monumental complex is concentrated, formed by the church, with a corridor or cloister, the santero’s house, a building for residential use and a small hermitage or chapel attached. The sanctuary is a Mudejar-style building built in the 15th century, enlarged in the 16th century and remodelled at the beginning of the 18th century.

Its natural heritage features the famous Sabina de Villamayor, of the albar or white species, which is a bimillenary tree, of great stature, whose rough trunk and solitary stamp in the middle of cultivated fields make it worthy of a stop.

Villamayor de Gállego was founded on an ancient village that the Muslims called Mamblas or Almamblas, located near the Torre de la Hacienda and the old irrigation channel. It was founded in the middle of the 12th century, after the conquest of Saragossa by Alfonso I, as part of the royal plans to settle the territories recently won from the Muslims.

The town is dominated by the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Pueyo, on a hill where the monumental complex is concentrated, made up of the church with a corridor or cloister, the santero’s house, a house for living and a small hermitage or chapel. The sanctuary is a Mudejar-style building from the 15th century, enlarged in the 16th century and remodelled at the beginning of the 18th century.

Its natural heritage includes the famous Sabina de Villamayor, of the albar or white species, a bimillenary tree of great stature whose rough trunk and solitary presence in the middle of cultivated fields make it worth stopping to admire.