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 town is particularly evident in the watchtower on thechurch Mudejar and clear manifestation of the economic prosperity of the town in the early days of the modern era era.oma del Pesebre and, above all, in the inherited tradition that has taken shape in the town through the creation of a spectacular landscape that makes the most of water resources, as well as in an urban layout characterised by palatial brick houses and the spectacular Mudejar tower of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, the only surviving element of the a Mudejar church and a clear testament to the town’s economic prosperity 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 Arab presence in the town is particularly evident in the watchtower on thechurch Mudejar and clear manifestation of the economic prosperity of the town in the early days of the modern era era.oma del Pesebre and, above all, in the inherited tradition that has taken shape in the town through the creation of a spectacular landscape that makes the most of water resources, as well as in an urban layout characterised by palatial brick houses and the spectacular Mudejar tower of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, the only surviving element of the a Mudejar church and a clear testament to the town’s economic prosperity 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.
Projects Territorio Mudéjar in Villamayor de Gállego
Pedagogy | View the project
Project Mudetrad | View the project
Identities Rural | View the project
Plaster Mudéjar | View the project
Mudéjar educational guide, the guide | View the project
“Circular” Walks with the family | View the project
More information
Town Hall: 976 574 550
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Territorio Mudéjar Network
The city council has been a founding member of Territorio Mudéjar since enero 2019.
The ancient “Almamblas”
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 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 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.