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Cosuenda

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The shelter

In the foothills of the Sierra de Algairén and at the foot of a hill that protects its hamlet, is the town of Cosuenda.

The remains of the castle can be seen on a nearby hill. It was built as a refuge from the threats of Castilian invasion in the 14th century and, as in other castles in Aragon, a church was built inside it. In the most strategic corner is the emblem of Cosuenda: the Lisalta tower.

The fortified tower of La Lisalta

With a square floor plan of about 5 metres on each side, its walls are made of masonry with brick reinforced corners and the upper body is made entirely of brick in the Mudejar style. The recent restoration has solved the structural problems and part of the tower has been rebuilt.

The building has round-arched openings to house bells, and some theories suggest that it may have been the bell tower of the church that no longer exists. The entrance doorway, located high up, retains the interior pointed arch, also made of brick. Next to it there are still the remains of strong masonry walls that may have formed part of a small interior fortification for the defence of the isolated tower.

The artistic historical tour is complemented by the church of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, a baroque style temple; some stately homes such as the house of the pianist Pilar Bayona, and other buildings such as the old inn, which today houses the town hall and in the past was the hermitage of San Juan. The old rock-hewn cellars in the upper part of the village are also of historical value.

With a square floor plan of about 5 metres on each side, its walls are made of masonry with brick reinforced corners and the upper body is made entirely of brick in the Mudejar style. The recent restoration has solved the structural problems and part of the tower has been rebuilt.

The building has round-arched openings to house bells, and some theories suggest that it may have been the bell tower of the church that no longer exists. The entrance doorway, located high up, retains the interior pointed arch, also made of brick. Next to it there are still the remains of strong masonry walls that may have formed part of a small interior fortification for the defence of the isolated tower.

The artistic historical tour is complemented by the church of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, a baroque style temple; some stately homes such as the house of the pianist Pilar Bayona, and other buildings such as the old inn, which today houses the town hall and in the past was the hermitage of San Juan. The old rock-hewn cellars in the upper part of the village are also of historical value.

Information

Town Hall: 976 627 081
www.ayto-cosuenda.com

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Calatayud

Monuments

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Podcast

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Mudetrad Project

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Didactic Mudejar, the guide

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Circular from the rural school
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El mudéjar y la geometría euclidiana

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Ayyub Castle

It is the most important of the towns founded in the Jalón valley thanks to its strategic situation as a crossroads for communication routes and its privileged natural location.

The Roman Bílbilis, located some six kilometres from the city, was the first large city in the area, although settlement on the riverbank is documented as far back as the Celtiberian period, where the Muslim foundation took place and where the most important fortified complex of the medieval period was built, with not only an impregnable natural enclave, but also the spectacular defensive construction – whose toponym “castle of Ayyub” means “Job’s fortress” and from which the present city takes its name. The earliest records in Arabic sources date from the emirate of Muhammad I, between 852 and 886, when the fortress was transformed into a city. This documented fact will determine the characterisation of the defensive enclave defined by five castles (Doña Martina, La Peña, La Torre Mocha, El Mayor and El Real) and long stretches of walls that protected both the inhabited farmhouse and areas of countryside and orchards that are currently built up.

After the Christian reconquest in 1120, the Christian city began to flourish, and in a short time it began to build, in a beautifully Muslim urban layout, a good number of civil and religious buildings in which the main style was Mudejar, conserving areas with an unquestionable Muslim and Jewish flavour, in the areas known as the Morería and the Judería.

It is the most important of the towns founded in the Jalón valley thanks to its strategic situation as a crossroads for communication routes and its privileged natural location.

The Roman Bílbilis, located some six kilometres from the city, was the first large city in the area, although settlement on the riverbank is documented as far back as the Celtiberian period, where the Muslim foundation took place and where the most important fortified complex of the medieval period was built, with not only an impregnable natural enclave, but also the spectacular defensive construction – whose toponym “castle of Ayyub” means “Job’s fortress” and from which the present city takes its name. The earliest records in Arabic sources date from the emirate of Muhammad I, between 852 and 886, when the fortress was transformed into a city. This documented fact will determine the characterisation of the defensive enclave defined by five castles (Doña Martina, La Peña, La Torre Mocha, El Mayor and El Real) and long stretches of walls that protected both the inhabited farmhouse and areas of countryside and orchards that are currently built up.

After the Christian reconquest in 1120, the Christian city began to flourish, and in a short time it began to build, in a beautifully Muslim urban layout, a good number of civil and religious buildings in which the main style was Mudejar, conserving areas with an unquestionable Muslim and Jewish flavour, in the areas known as the Morería and the Judería.

The Mudejar of Calatayud as a disseminating nucleus
UNESCO World Heritage 2001

The undeniable defensive character of the city shares the limelight with the imposing Mudejar heritage of the city, a style that burst into the city with force during the first half of the 14th century and whose main exponent is the collegiate church of Santa María, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.

The Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor combines Mudejar, Renaissance and Baroque elements as a result of its long history, which dates back to the years of the conquest of the city by Alfonso I. According to the work of Professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, the ensemble formed by the cloister, the apse and the lower part of the bell tower constitute the oldest monumental part of the present collegiate church; they were built in the same construction period, between 1402 and 1412, and are linked to the patronage of Pope Benedict XIII, known as the Papa Luna and to the technical direction of its master builder Muhammad Rami. This tower, the result of several phases of construction from the beginning of the 15th century to the 18th century, stands at more than 70 metres high and is the tallest of all the remaining towers in Aragon.

Alongside Santa María, the city preserves a monumental ensemble which, in each of its examples, shows us the history of the city and its powerful historical position. The religious buildings of San Andrés, San Pedro de los Francos, Nuestra Señora de la Peña, the collegiate church of Santo Sepulcro or San Juan el Real stand in a hamlet with a simple layout but with imposing palace-houses, interesting urban elements such as the Ocho Caños fountain and the Puerta de Terrer.

Time has turned the city into a perfect combination of history and modernity thanks to the conservation of such attractive places as the Convento de los Dominicos, the Hospedería del Pilar, the Arco de San Miguel or the Mesón de la Dolores.

The undeniable defensive character of the city shares the limelight with the imposing Mudejar heritage of the city, a style that burst into the city with force during the first half of the 14th century and whose main exponent is the collegiate church of Santa María, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.

The Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor combines Mudejar, Renaissance and Baroque elements as a result of its long history, which dates back to the years of the conquest of the city by Alfonso I. According to the work of Professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, the ensemble formed by the cloister, the apse and the lower part of the bell tower constitute the oldest monumental part of the present collegiate church; they were built in the same construction period, between 1402 and 1412, and are linked to the patronage of Pope Benedict XIII, known as the Papa Luna and to the technical direction of its master builder Muhammad Rami. This tower, the result of several phases of construction from the beginning of the 15th century to the 18th century, stands at more than 70 metres high and is the tallest of all the remaining towers in Aragon.

Alongside Santa María, the city preserves a monumental ensemble which, in each of its examples, shows us the history of the city and its powerful historical position. The religious buildings of San Andrés, San Pedro de los Francos, Nuestra Señora de la Peña, the collegiate church of Santo Sepulcro or San Juan el Real stand in a hamlet with a simple layout but with imposing palace-houses, interesting urban elements such as the Ocho Caños fountain and the Puerta de Terrer.

Time has turned the city into a perfect combination of history and modernity thanks to the conservation of such attractive places as the Convento de los Dominicos, the Hospedería del Pilar, the Arco de San Miguel or the Mesón de la Dolores.

Information

Town Hall: 976 881 700
www.calatayud.es

Association for the Integral Development of the Region of Calatayud and the Region of Aranda
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Aragon Tourism
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Centre for Bilbilitan Studies
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The Cid’s Way
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Brea de Aragón

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The power of the church

Situated on the left bank of the Aranda river, on the route known as the Papa LunaThe town centre stands out above all for its urban development marked by the confluence of Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures, the latter being traditionally linked to the origin of the town’s name.

In any case, it is the Islamic tradition that determines one of the most defining aspects of the town, the abundant population of Moors, counted in the census of expulsion as 2,699 people in 573 fires. In 1446 the town was sold to the Cabildo Metropolitano del Pilar of Saragossa and became an ecclesiastical lordship.

The urban complex, beyond the religious monuments, will stand out above all for its more industrial character preserved in the mill or the one known as central Brea.

Situated on the left bank of the Aranda river, on the route known as the Papa LunaThe town centre stands out above all for its urban development marked by the confluence of Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures, the latter being traditionally linked to the origin of the town’s name.

In any case, it is the Islamic tradition that determines one of the most defining aspects of the town, the abundant population of Moors, counted in the census of expulsion as 2,699 people in 573 fires. In 1446 the town was sold to the Cabildo Metropolitano del Pilar of Saragossa and became an ecclesiastical lordship.

The urban complex, beyond the religious monuments, will stand out above all for its more industrial character preserved in the mill or the one known as central Brea.

Enduring Mudejar tradition

The parish church of Santa Ana was built between 1555 and 1556 with the intervention of the Basque master masons Juan de Gorostiza, Domingo de Lizarza and Juan Pérez. It is a Baroque temple with a single nave divided into three sections that welcomes the visitor with a façade pierced by an oculus and with a pediment that shows an eave of Mudejar tradition.

Attached to the façade is a brick tower with semicircular arches. In the 17th century, the Zaragoza master Juan de Marca was responsible for converting the vault into a barrel vault with lunettes and covering it with imposing plasterwork with ribbons, stars and geometric designs. The chapel of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, on the Epistle side, is also decorated with plasterwork in the Mudejar tradition. During the 17th century, Mudejar elements such as plasterwork became widespread, decorating vaults, domes, perpendicular arches and chapel entrance arches, which constitute the most genuine and personal decoration of the first stage of Baroque architecture in Aragon.

It is clear that the town centre has historically been marked by an industrial activity with a clear medieval tradition that has been modernised over time; this is the case of the manufacture of footwear, the importance of which is highlighted by the opening of the Footwear Museum, a centre for the study and dissemination of the footwear industry in the region.

The parish church of Santa Ana was built between 1555 and 1556 with the intervention of the Basque master masons Juan de Gorostiza, Domingo de Lizarza and Juan Pérez. It is a Baroque temple with a single nave divided into three sections that welcomes the visitor with a façade pierced by an oculus and with a pediment that shows an eave of Mudejar tradition.

Attached to the façade is a brick tower with semicircular arches. In the 17th century, the Zaragoza master Juan de Marca was responsible for converting the vault into a barrel vault with lunettes and covering it with imposing plasterwork with ribbons, stars and geometric designs. The chapel of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, on the Epistle side, is also decorated with plasterwork in the Mudejar tradition. During the 17th century, Mudejar elements such as plasterwork became widespread, decorating vaults, domes, perpendicular arches and chapel entrance arches, which constitute the most genuine and personal decoration of the first stage of Baroque architecture in Aragon.

It is clear that the town centre has historically been marked by an industrial activity with a clear medieval tradition that has been modernised over time; this is the case of the manufacture of footwear, the importance of which was boosted with the opening of the Footwear Museum, a centre for the study and dissemination of the footwear industry in the region.

Information

Town Hall: 976 824 098
www.breadearagon.es

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Ateca

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“The ancient one”

Located at the crossroads of the River Jalón with the River Manubles and the Mesa-Piedra, its historically strategic location has led to settlements in the area since the Eneolithic period, with finds documented in numerous places in the municipality.

The Islamic legacy of Ateca can be seen in the Arabic toponym from which its name “la antigua” derives, and is reflected in an attractive hamlet that is built on an urban layout of Islamic character with steep slopes, twists, turns and cul-de-sacs or covered passages, on which stand large houses with high, closed walls. The complex dialogues with the landscape marked by the use of water resources and draws attention to the system of irrigation channels, the most important element of which is the Canal del Val aqueduct.

But if there is one thing that is striking about the town, it is its group of towers. The Mudejar tower of the church of Santa María, dated, according to professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, to the second half of the 13th century, is the oldest part of the complex, prior to the Mudejar church, and is totally free-standing at the foot of the church and displaced from its axis. Both its structure and its ornamental elements, somewhat archaic for the time, follow the Almohad Islamic tradition, built by Aragonese Moorish masters, perhaps following the local tradition of minarets in the region but in any case built as a Christian bell tower. In 1560, the Clock Tower was built, commissioned by the council to the master builders Domingo and Ameçot to house the new clock that was to regulate the life of the city.

Located at the crossroads of the River Jalón with the River Manubles and the Mesa-Piedra, its historically strategic location has led to settlements in the area since the Eneolithic period, with finds documented in numerous places in the municipality.

The Islamic legacy of Ateca can be seen in the Arabic toponym from which its name “la antigua” derives, and is reflected in an attractive hamlet that is built on an urban layout of Islamic character with steep slopes, twists, turns and cul-de-sacs or covered passages, on which stand large houses with high, closed walls. The complex dialogues with the landscape marked by the use of water resources and draws attention to the system of irrigation channels, the most important element of which is the Canal del Val aqueduct.

But if there is one thing that is striking about the town, it is its group of towers. The Mudejar tower of the church of Santa María, dated, according to professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, to the second half of the 13th century, is the oldest part of the complex, prior to the Mudejar church, and is totally free-standing at the foot of the church and displaced from its axis. Both its structure and its ornamental elements, somewhat archaic for the time, follow the Almohad Islamic tradition, built by Aragonese Moorish masters, perhaps following the local tradition of minarets in the region but in any case built as a Christian bell tower. In 1560, the Clock Tower was built, commissioned by the council to the master builders Domingo and Ameçot to house the new clock that was to regulate the life of the city.

On the “Camino del Cid”, the Way of El Cid

Ateca is located at a strategic point at the confluence of the rivers Manubles and Jalón and is presided over by a fortification of uncertain origin, documented in the 10th century. At that time, the castle belonged to the Banu Timlat, although it was occupied by the Cid on his way to exile (as mentioned in the Cantar del Mío Cid), and was definitively incorporated into the Kingdom of Aragon in 1120 by Alfonso I the Battler after the battle of Cutanda.

These remains of the old castle watch over the town centre of Ateca, which, in addition to the church of Santa María and the Clock Tower, stands out for its strong character and other architectural features such as the Baroque church of San Francisco and the Renaissance-style town hall, as well as for the conservation of three of the four access gates to the walled enclosure of the medieval town: Puerta de las Fraguas, Puerta del Arial and the gate of San Miguel. The fourth, called Almazán, has disappeared.

Ateca is located at a strategic point at the confluence of the rivers Manubles and Jalón and is presided over by a fortification of uncertain origin, documented in the 10th century. At that time, the castle belonged to the Banu Timlat, although it was occupied by the Cid on his way to exile (as mentioned in the Cantar del Mío Cid), and was definitively incorporated into the Kingdom of Aragon in 1120 by Alfonso I the Battler after the battle of Cutanda.

These remains of the old castle watch over the town centre of Ateca, which, in addition to the church of Santa María and the Clock Tower, stands out for its strong character and other architectural features such as the Baroque church of San Francisco and the Renaissance-style town hall, as well as for the conservation of three of the four access gates to the walled enclosure of the medieval town: Puerta de las Fraguas, Puerta del Arial and the gate of San Miguel. The fourth, called Almazán, has disappeared.

Information

Town Hall: 976 842 005
www.aytoateca.es

Association for the Integral Development of the Region of Calatayud and the Region of Aranda
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ATECA VISIT
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Aragon Tourism
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Tourism Calatayud Region
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Centre for Bilbilitan Studies
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Territorio Mudéjar Network

The city council has been a founding member of Territorio Mudéjar since 13 September 2018.

Projects Territorio Mudéjar in Ateca

Aniñón

Pedagogy

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Mudejar wood in Aniñón

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Didactic Mudejar, the guide

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Family Outings

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El mudéjar y la geometría euclidiana

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Urban beauty

Aniñón is in a privileged location, on the foothills of the Sierra de la Virgen, where the Ribota Valley rises up in height, and opposite the Sierra de Armantes mountain range. This geography of mountain ranges and valleys rich in materials made it a favourable area for Mudejar construction because of the proximity of the materials and because there were craftsmen who knew how to work them. The best example of this can be found at the top of the town centre. On the remains of an ancient castle, we are welcomed by the church of the Virgen del Castillo with its façade, one of the most imposing Mudejar exteriors in Aragon. A great experience to discover the extraordinary richness of Muslim decoration.

The church of the Virgen del Castillo is originally a Gothic-Mudejar monument from the 14th century, which was profoundly reformed in the 16th century when the church was enlarged and the gable and the upper body of the tower were built. In the 17th and 18th centuries, several Baroque chapels were added: the chapel of the Santísimo Misterio de Aniñón, located on the south wall, opposite the main entrance to the church, and the chapel of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, located where the entrance to the church was originally located, and which was later moved to the south façade. Between 1985 and 2005, several phases of restoration work were carried out on the entire building.

Located at the exit to the old road to Calatayud is another of Aniñón’s points of interest: the arch-chapel of the town, with an ogival arch over which a two-storey body of popular character is developed.

It is worth mentioning the irregular urban layout of the town, where you can admire popular houses with white façades and two or three storeys. The Oil Museum is well worth a visit, where you can learn about the process of elaboration of the liquid gold in an original mill, as well as the Cooperative of Niño Jesús, where the rich production of the land of Aniñón is concentrated.

The church of the Virgen del Castillo is originally a Gothic-Mudejar monument from the 14th century, which was profoundly reformed in the 16th century when the church was enlarged and the gable and the upper body of the tower were built. In the 17th and 18th centuries, several Baroque chapels were added: the chapel of the Santísimo Misterio de Aniñón, located on the south wall, opposite the main entrance to the church, and the chapel of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, located where the entrance to the church was originally located, and which was later moved to the south façade. Between 1985 and 2005, several phases of restoration work were carried out on the entire building.

Located at the exit to the old road to Calatayud is another of Aniñón’s points of interest: the arch-chapel of the town, with an ogival arch over which a two-storey body of popular character is developed.

It is worth mentioning the irregular urban layout of the town, where you can admire popular houses with white façades and two or three storeys. The Oil Museum is well worth a visit, where you can learn about the process of elaboration of the liquid gold in an original mill, as well as the Cooperative of Niño Jesús, where the rich production of the land of Aniñón is concentrated.

Territorio Mudéjar Network

The city council has been a founding member of Territorio Mudéjar since 13 September 2018.

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Town Hall: 976 899 106
www.aninon.es

Association for the Integral Development of the Calatayud and Aranda Regions
galcar.es

VISIT ANIÑÓN
976 633 296

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Turismo de Aragón
turismodearagon.com
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Centro de Estudios Bilbilitanos
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Projects Mudejar Territory in Aniñón

Torrellas

Monuments

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Pedagogy

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Open Muslim quarter

Situated at a crossroads between Aragon, La Rioja, Navarre and the province of Soria, Torrellas immediately immerses the visitor in a Muslim past that is present in many corners and presided over by the beauty of the church of San Martín de Tours, which conserves the lower part of the old mosque.

The church underwent a major renovation in the 17th century to make it suitable for Christian worship. The exterior is notable for its slightly leaning octagonal Mudejar tower.

It was built in two phases: between 1540 and 1550, the belfry was built up to the belfry, and around 1580 the upper body was erected. The interior of this tower has a Caliphate minaret structure, with a cylindrical central tower block around which a spiral staircase rises, covered with a vaulted brick vault in a projecting arch.

Situated at a crossroads between Aragon, La Rioja, Navarre and the province of Soria, Torrellas immediately immerses the visitor in a Muslim past that is present in many corners and presided over by the beauty of the church of San Martín de Tours, which conserves the lower part of the old mosque.

The church underwent a major renovation in the 17th century to make it suitable for Christian worship. The exterior is notable for its slightly leaning octagonal Mudejar tower.

It was built in two phases: between 1540 and 1550, the belfry was built up to the belfry, and around 1580 the upper body was erected. The interior of this tower has a Caliphate minaret structure, with a cylindrical central tower block around which a spiral staircase rises, covered with a vaulted brick vault in a projecting arch.

Interesting site in the Queiles River plains

The Muslims who remained after the Christian reconquest formed in Torrellas an important nucleus of population for the local economy at the foot of Moncayo. Craftsmen, builders, carpenters… lived there, and the La Huella del Islam Interpretation Centre, which is located inside the church of San Martín de Tours and explains what life was like for the Muslims who lived in the town until their expulsion in 1610, is a good example of this.

Torrellas also had a castle of which only vestiges of the keep remain, incorporated into an old hermitage which, in turn, has been transformed into a warehouse. It also features a former hospital, dating from the mid-18th century.

And in the town as a whole, the Plaza Mayor, where the market used to be held in the past, stands out. It is a rectangular porticoed space, with plastered stone houses and lintelled porches. The façade of the former residence of the Duke and Duchess of Villahermosa, a brick building with arches that has now been converted into a country house, is striking.

The Muslims who remained after the Christian reconquest formed in Torrellas an important nucleus of population for the local economy at the foot of Moncayo. Craftsmen, builders, carpenters… lived there, and the La Huella del Islam Interpretation Centre, which is located inside the church of San Martín de Tours and explains what life was like for the Muslims who lived in the town until their expulsion in 1610, is a good example of this.

Torrellas also had a castle of which only vestiges of the keep remain, incorporated into an old hermitage which, in turn, has been transformed into a warehouse. It also features a former hospital, dating from the mid-18th century.

And in the town as a whole, the Plaza Mayor, where the market used to be held in the past, stands out. It is a rectangular porticoed space, with plastered stone houses and lintelled porches. The façade of the former residence of the Duke and Duchess of Villahermosa, a brick building with arches that has now been converted into a country house, is striking.

Information

Town Hall: 976 199 210
www.torrellas.es
Association for the Development of the Lands of Moncayo
asomo.com

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Aragon Tourism
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Centre for Turiasonese Studies
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Territorio Mudéjar Network

The town has been a member of Territorio Mudéjar since January 2019.

Projects Territorio Mudéjar in Torrellas

Cervera de la Cañada

Monuments

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Pedagogy

SCHOOL MATERIALS TO WORK ON CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

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Mudetrad Project

A PROJECT THAT VALUES THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF CERVERA DE LA CAÑADA

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Mudejar wood in Cervera de la Cañada

A TOUR THROUGH THE MUDEJAR CARPENTRY OF CERVERA DE LA CAÑADA AND ITS HISTORY

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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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Didactic Mudejar, the guide

THE GUIDE ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID GUIRAO TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE MUDEJAR STYLE

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Circular from the rural school
Family walks

COOPERATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN RURAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS

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El mudéjar y la geometría euclidiana

PLASTIC STUDY OF THE ARAGONESE MUDEJAR OF THE SPACE OF THE MUDEJAR TERRITORY

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The versatility of the concept:
the Mudejar Space

On the ruins of an ancient castle, in the highest part of the hamlet and in an exceptional viewpoint between the Sierra de Armantes and the Ribota valley, we find one of the emblems of Aragonese Mudejar architecture: the church of Santa Tecla or Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001 for its unique style, its magnificent conservation and its incomparable beauty.

This single-nave fortress church is one of the most significant works, and the one that has survived to the present day with the greatest integrity, by one of the two most representative Mudejar masters of the Aragonese Middle Ages: Muhammad Rami. Known as the master builder of the great Aragonese patron Pedro Martínez de Luna, Pope Benedict XIII, the “Papa Luna”, his presence is constant throughout the Luna lordship from the end of the 14th century and throughout the first half of the 15th century.

He finished the church in 1426 and left his signature on the choir parapet with the inscription: “Obrada et deficada por: Muhammad Rami: with God”.

On the ruins of an ancient castle, in the highest part of the hamlet and in an exceptional viewpoint between the Sierra de Armantes and the Ribota valley, we find one of the emblems of Aragonese Mudejar architecture: the church of Santa Tecla or Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001 for its unique style, its magnificent conservation and its incomparable beauty.

This single-nave fortress church is one of the most significant works, and the one that has survived to the present day with the greatest integrity, by one of the two most representative Mudejar masters of the Aragonese Middle Ages: Muhammad Rami. Known as the master builder of the great Aragonese patron Pedro Martínez de Luna, Pope Benedict XIII, the “Papa Luna”, his presence is constant throughout the Luna lordship from the end of the 14th century and throughout the first half of the 15th century.

He finished the church in 1426 and left his signature on the choir parapet with the inscription: “Obrada et deficada por: Muhammad Rami: with God”.

The decline of Mohammed Rami
UNESCO World Heritage 2001

Santa Tecla is a simple church with a five-sided polygonal chevet that does not coincide with the axis of the central nave but is aligned with the cylindrical tower of the castle. The sobriety of the exterior contrasts with the spectacular interior decoration, typical of the original Mudejar churches, which has been preserved in all its splendour. The walls are surprising, simulating ashlar masonry with brick-like pictorial decoration, the ribbed vaults decorated with black dragons, the large late Gothic floral rosettes and the heraldic motifs such as the coats of arms of Aragon and Cervera de la Cañada.

In this temple we also find examples of the local carpentry school that was located in the area of Calatayud in the first decade of the 15th century. This is a polychrome wooden alfarje (ceiling) that supports the choir. Just below this choir is another of the church’s singularities: its gilded oculus with a seven-pointed Mudejar ribbon, unique in the Hispanic Mudejar style.

Santa Tecla is a simple church with a five-sided polygonal chevet that does not coincide with the axis of the central nave but is aligned with the cylindrical tower of the castle. The sobriety of the exterior contrasts with the spectacular interior decoration, typical of the original Mudejar churches, which has been preserved in all its splendour. The walls are surprising, simulating ashlar masonry with brick-like pictorial decoration, the ribbed vaults decorated with black dragons, the large late Gothic floral rosettes and the heraldic motifs such as the coats of arms of Aragon and Cervera de la Cañada.

In this temple we also find examples of the local carpentry school that was located in the area of Calatayud in the first decade of the 15th century. This is a polychrome wooden alfarje (ceiling) that supports the choir. Just below this choir is another of the church’s singularities: its gilded oculus with a seven-pointed Mudejar ribbon, unique in the Hispanic Mudejar style.

Information

Town Hall: 976 899 222
http://www.dpz.es/municipio/municipios/cervera-de-la-canada

Association for the Integral Development of the Region of Calatayud and Aranda
galcar.es

VISIT TO CERVERA DE LA CAÑADA
976 633 296

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Aragon Tourism
turismodearagon.com
Tourism Calatayud Region
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Centre for Bilbilitan Studies
cebilbilitanos.com

Territorio Mudéjar Network

The city council has been a founding member of Territorio Mudéjar since 13 September 2018.

He is a member of the board of directors of the entity as Secretary.

Projects Territorio Mudéjar in Cervera de la Cañada

Zuera

Monuments

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Pedagogy

SCHOOL MATERIALS TO WORK ON CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

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Mudetrad Project

A PROJECT THAT VALUES THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF ZUERA

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Circular from the rural school
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Brick architecture

Zuera and its nuclei – Ontinar de Salz, El Portazgo and the housing developments – spread out their urban area along the fluvial terraces of the river Gállego, which in Roman times saw the growth of the ancient Gallicum and which fascinated the settlers from North Africa who arrived with the Muslim domination, from the 8th century onwards.

The origins of Zufaria, an Arabic place name meaning “beautiful” and also the settlement of Salzey -near the hermitage of Salz-, of Muslim origin and whose etymology is linked to the large number of saliceras in the surrounding area.

After the Christian conquest, the Muslim peasants, who had a great knowledge of irrigation systems and were the mainstay of the economy of the conquered areas, remained in charge of their lands.

All this Arab cultural base bore fruit in the church of San Pedro, whose style, as in the case of the hermitage of the Saint in Tosos, cannot be considered strictly Mudejar, as it is one of the first examples of a Cistercian structure built in brick.

Zuera and its nuclei – Ontinar de Salz, El Portazgo and the housing developments – spread out their urban area along the fluvial terraces of the river Gállego, which in Roman times saw the growth of the ancient Gallicum and which fascinated the settlers from North Africa who arrived with the Muslim domination, from the 8th century onwards.

The origins of Zufaria, an Arabic place name meaning “beautiful” and also the settlement of Salzey -near the hermitage of Salz-, of Muslim origin and whose etymology is linked to the large number of saliceras in the surrounding area.

After the Christian conquest, the Muslim peasants, who had a great knowledge of irrigation systems and were the mainstay of the economy of the conquered areas, remained in charge of their lands.

All this Arab cultural base bore fruit in the church of San Pedro, whose style, as in the case of the hermitage of the Saint in Tosos, cannot be considered strictly Mudejar, as it is one of the first examples of a Cistercian structure built in brick.

Aragonese proto-Mudejar

The church of San Pedro de Zuera is an important link between Romanesque and Mudéjar architecture, whose original construction dates from the second quarter of the 13th century. It seems to have had links with Lamberto, master builder of La Seo in Zaragoza, through his daughter married to the master builder Arnaldo, considered to be the master builder of Zuera.

The original temple, built in two phases according to the latest studies by Professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, has three naves and a chevet with a triple semicircular apse, which was uncovered on the outside thanks to a recent renovation. These works left visible some double-glazed brick windows and the original doorway on the south wall.

In any case, it is necessary to speak of the current appearance of the building, the result of the various alterations and extensions carried out between the 16th and 20th centuries, “where only the interior conserves the sobriety and austerity that would characterise the medieval building. The building completes its interest with the collection of movable art it houses inside.

The Arco de la Mora, an aqueduct that bridges the ravine and was to carry the watercourse through the interior of the rocks via excavated galleries.

The natural heritage of the town is magnificent, with the mountains of Zuera as the main feature. These mountains are hilly reliefs, caused by the erosion of the water, which has shaped a landscape of ridges and cultivated valleys at the bottom. The greenery of the mountains is maintained thanks to the extensive forests that make up one of the masses of Aleppo pines.

The church of San Pedro de Zuera is an important link between Romanesque and Mudéjar architecture, whose original construction dates from the second quarter of the 13th century. It seems to have had links with Lamberto, master builder of La Seo in Zaragoza, through his daughter married to the master builder Arnaldo, considered to be the master builder of Zuera.

The original temple, built in two phases according to the latest studies by Professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, has three naves and a chevet with a triple semicircular apse, which was uncovered on the outside thanks to a recent renovation. These works left visible some double-glazed brick windows and the original doorway on the south wall.

In any case, it is necessary to speak of the current appearance of the building, the result of the various alterations and extensions carried out between the 16th and 20th centuries, “where only the interior conserves the sobriety and austerity that would characterise the medieval building. The building completes its interest with the collection of movable art it houses inside.

The Arco de la Mora, an aqueduct that bridges the ravine and was to carry the watercourse through the interior of the rocks via excavated galleries.

The natural heritage of the town is magnificent, with the mountains of Zuera as the main feature. These mountains are hilly reliefs, caused by the erosion of the water, which has shaped a landscape of ridges and cultivated valleys at the bottom. The greenery of the mountains is maintained thanks to the extensive forests that make up one of the masses of Aleppo pines.

Information

Town Hall: 976 680 002
wwww.ayunzuera.com

VISIT ZUERA
976 633 296

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Centro de Estudios Odón de Buen odondebuen.com.

Territorio Mudéjar Network

The city council has been a full partner of Territorio Mudéjar since November 2019.

Territorio Mudéjar Projects in Zuera

Villafeliche

Monuments

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Pedagogy

SCHOOL MATERIALS TO WORK ON CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

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Mudetrad Project

A PROJECT THAT VALUES THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF VILLAFELICHE

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Circular from the rural school
Family walks

COOPERATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN RURAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS

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Home of Moorish artisans

Villafeliche, a manor of the Camarasa marquisate, is one of the best examples of rural mortuary, as in Torrellas or Terrer, and it is enough to stroll through its streets to feel the urban imprint of Islamic tradition.

We know that the town had two quarters, one of Old Christians and the other first of Mudejars and then New Christians, after the expulsion of the Moors. Its urban layout is organised around a main artery with narrow streets and alleys that form a picturesque layout punctuated by ancestral homes, the nucleus where the mosque would have stood, of which remains were preserved until well into the 20th century.

The hamlet was dominated by a fortress of Muslim origin, which in 1221 became part of the kingdom of Aragon and which today imposingly defines the profile of the town.

Villafeliche, a manor of the Camarasa marquisate, is one of the best examples of rural mortuary, as in Torrellas or Terrer, and it is enough to stroll through its streets to feel the urban imprint of Islamic tradition.

We know that the town had two quarters, one of Old Christians and the other first of Mudejars and then New Christians, after the expulsion of the Moors. Its urban layout is organised around a main artery with narrow streets and alleys that form a picturesque layout punctuated by ancestral homes, the nucleus where the mosque would have stood, of which remains were preserved until well into the 20th century.

The hamlet was dominated by a fortress of Muslim origin, which in 1221 became part of the kingdom of Aragon and which today imposingly defines the profile of the town.

The Royal Gunpowder Factory

In the town centre, the Baroque church of San Miguel stands out especially, with a tower that reminds us of the Mudejar tradition of the town; decorated with groined ceramic tiles and highlighted brickwork, this tower is an example of how the deep roots of Mudejar forms in Aragonese society, due to the late expulsion of the Moors (1610), favoured the survival of the building tradition.

Villafeliche also has a Mudejar stamp in its crafts. On the one hand, it has a renowned pottery tradition dating back to the 15th century and is known to have been the largest supplier of pots in the region. On the other hand, the gunpowder mills and the Real Fábrica de Pólvora of the town constituted, in its more than four hundred years of existence, one of the main economic activities of the province of Zaragoza and Aragon.

Today, now definitively closed, they form a pre-industrial landscape of great heritage importance which, due to its geographical extension and the complexity of the production process, still reveals its past economic, social and strategic importance. The origin of the gunpowder mills of Villafeliche seems to go back to the Mudejar period, although their peak was between the 18th and 19th centuries: in 1764 there were 165 powder mills in operation and in 1800 there were some 180.

Also worth seeing is the striking Way of the Cross marked by small pantheon shrines.

In the city centre, the Baroque church of San Miguel stands out, with a tower that reminds us of the city’s Mudejar tradition; decorated with groined ceramic tiles and highlighted brickwork, it is an example of how the deep roots of Mudejar forms in Aragonese society, due to the late expulsion of the Moors (1610), favoured the survival of this architectural tradition.

Villafeliche also has a Mudejar stamp in its crafts. On the one hand, it has a renowned pottery tradition dating back to the 15th century and is known to have been the largest supplier of pots in the region. On the other hand, the gunpowder mills and the Real Fábrica de Pólvora of the town constituted, in its more than four hundred years of existence, one of the main economic activities of the province of Zaragoza and Aragon.

Today, now definitively closed, they form a pre-industrial landscape of great heritage importance which, due to its geographical extension and the complexity of the production process, still reveals its past economic, social and strategic importance. The origin of the gunpowder mills of Villafeliche seems to go back to the Mudejar period, although their peak was between the 18th and 19th centuries: in 1764 there were 165 powder mills in operation and in 1800 there were some 180.

Also worth seeing is the striking Way of the Cross marked by small pantheon shrines.

Information

Town hall
www.villafelicheturismo.es
Association for Integral Rural Development
of the lands of Jiloca and Gallocanta
adri.es

VISIT VILLAFELICHE 976 633 296

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The Cid’s Way
caminodelcid.org
Centre for Bilbilitan Studies
cebilbilitanos.com
Torre Albarrana Association
torrealbarrana.com

Territorio Mudéjar Network

The city council has been a founding member of Territorio Mudéjar since enero 2019.

Projects Mudejar Territory in Villafeliche

Tobed

Monuments

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Pedagogy

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Podcast

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Mudetrad Project

A PROJECT THAT VALUES THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF TOBED

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Mudejar wood in Tobed

A TOUR THROUGH THE MUDEJAR CARPENTRY OF TOBED AND ITS HISTORY

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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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Didactic Mudejar, the guide

THE GUIDE ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID GUIRAO TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE MUDEJAR STYLE

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Circular from the rural school
Family Outings

COOPERATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN RURAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS

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El mudéjar y la geometría euclidiana

PLASTIC STUDY OF THE ARAGONESE MUDEJAR OF THE SPACE OF THE MUDEJAR TERRITORY

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Mudejar identity

In the heart of the Grío river valley, between the Vicor and Algairén mountain ranges, Tobed has become the gateway to the Mudejar style not only because of the imposing church of the Virgin, one of the most genuine Mudejar monuments in Aragon and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001, but also because the town has turned this unique style into a territorial project for the future that encompasses history, art, education, landscape, traditions and people and which has made it possible to use these resources to generate identity and wealth.

An example is the creation of the Espacio Mudéjar Mahoma Calahorrí, a museum of the history of the Mudejar installed in the Palacio de los canónigos and which shows the Mudejar art of Aragon and the social and cultural content in which it developed.

The town also stands out for the preservation of several traditions linked to Islamic trades such as pottery and ceramics, with the recovery of part of the Obradores neighbourhood, where around 50 workshops were once in operation, with common work spaces such as the balseros or some of the kilns.

In the heart of the Grío river valley, between the Vicor and Algairén mountain ranges, Tobed has become the gateway to the Mudejar style not only because of the imposing church of the Virgin, one of the most genuine Mudejar monuments in Aragon and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001, but also because the town has turned this unique style into a territorial project for the future that encompasses history, art, education, landscape, traditions and people and which has made it possible to use these resources to generate identity and wealth.

An example is the creation of the Espacio Mudéjar Mahoma Calahorrí, a museum of the history of the Mudejar installed in the Palacio de los canónigos and which shows the Mudejar art of Aragon and the social and cultural content in which it developed.

The town also stands out for the preservation of several traditions linked to Islamic trades such as pottery and ceramics, with the recovery of part of the Obradores neighbourhood, where around 50 workshops were once in operation with common work spaces such as the balseros or some of their kilns.

The paradigm of the Mudejar fortress church:
UNESCO WorldHeritage Site

The church of the Virgin of Tobed is one of the architectural jewels of Mudejar art. It is an archetypal church-fortress that began to be built in 1356 as a result of the influence of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, with the patronage of Pedro IV of Aragon, the kings of Castile, the archbishop of Zaragoza, Lope Fernández de Luna and the pontiff Benedict XIII; it also had the best Mudejar masters of the time: Mahoma Calahorri and Mahoma Rami.

The power of its exterior with its compact volumetry, punctuated by turrets and buttresses, and its impressive main façade with abundant decoration in tracery and two-colour glazed ceramics contrasts with the delicacy and elegance of its interior, magnificent with its walls covered with decorative stucco and hollows decorated with carved and fretwork plasterwork in aljez.

This church thus represents the concept of Mudejar space in its purest state, with spaces built from variations in light. Intimate and evocative spaces, where nuanced light brings beautifully decorated walls to life. The interior completes its catalogue with a carved and polychrome wooden alfarje that currently serves as a choir loft at the foot of the nave, leaving the Baroque organ to take centre stage.

The influence of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Tobed is visible throughout the town centre, which, although striking for its simplicity and “white village” appearance, preserves important buildings from the modern period, such as the Lonja, the parish church of San Pedro and the Palacio de los Canónigos, also known as the Encomienda, from the Baroque period.

The town also conserves other elements of interest such as the tower of the Islamic castle and the hermitage of San Valentín on the crest of the Algairén mountain range.

The church of the Virgin of Tobed is one of the architectural jewels of Mudejar art. It is an archetypal church-fortress that began to be built in 1356 as a result of the influence of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, with the patronage of Pedro IV of Aragon, the kings of Castile, the archbishop of Zaragoza, Lope Fernández de Luna and the pontiff Benedict XIII; it also had the best Mudejar masters of the time: Mahoma Calahorri and Mahoma Rami.

The power of its exterior with its compact volumetry, punctuated by turrets and buttresses, and its impressive main façade with abundant decoration in tracery and two-colour glazed ceramics contrasts with the delicacy and elegance of its interior, magnificent with its walls covered with decorative stucco and hollows decorated with carved and fretwork plasterwork in aljez.

This church thus represents the concept of Mudejar space in its purest state, with spaces built from variations in light. Intimate and evocative spaces, where nuanced light brings beautifully decorated walls to life. The interior completes its catalogue with a carved and polychrome wooden alfarje that currently serves as a choir loft at the foot of the nave, leaving the Baroque organ to take centre stage.

The influence of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Tobed is visible throughout the town centre, which, although striking for its simplicity and “white village” appearance, preserves important buildings from the modern period, such as the Lonja, the parish church of San Pedro and the Palacio de los Canónigos, also known as the Encomienda, from the Baroque period.

The town also conserves other elements of interest such as the tower of the Islamic castle and the hermitage of San Valentín on the crest of the Algairén mountain range.

The contents and renewal of news are carried out in collaboration with the Tobed Town Council through the Mahoma Calahorri Museum.

*This collaboration was developed within the framework of the Tobed Town Council project, financed by the Ministry of Culture and Sport in its 2020 grants for local entities with World Heritage inscribed by UNESCO.

Territorio Mudéjar Network

The city council has been a founding member of Territorio Mudéjar since 13 September 2018.
It is part of the board of directors of the entity as President.

More information

City Council 976 629 101
www.tobed.es

Association for the Integral Development of the Calatayud and Aranda Regions
galcar.es

VISIT TOBED
976 633 296
http://tobedpatrimoniomundial.es/ http://tobedpatrimoniomundial.es/

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Turismo de Aragón
turismodearagon.com
Turismo Comarca Comunidad de Calatayud
comarcalatayud.com
Centro de Estudios Bilbilitanos
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The decline of Mohammed Rami
UNESCO World Heritage 2001

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