The Journey to Beauty route rounds off the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the declaration of the Mudejar as World Heritage

More than 80 people took part in the special Territorio Mudéjar route through Calatayud, Cervera de la Cañada and Tobed, which brings to a close the celebrations of the 20th anniversary year of the declaration of the Mudejar as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The event was attended by researchers, students, professionals and collaborators who work with the organisation under the direction of Victoria Trasobares. In addition, specialists such as Professor Esteban Sarasa, an expert in Aragonese medieval history, the architect Javier Ibargüen, representatives of the town councils of Calatayud, Cervera de la Cañada and Tobed, José Manuel Aranda, José Manuel Gimeno, Nuria Amela and Pascual Royo, the mayor of Ateca, Ramón Cristóbal, as well as the congresswoman Noemí Villagrasa, also took part in the event.

It not only included visits to monuments declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites, such as the collegiate church of Santa María in Calatayud, the church of Santa Tecla in Cervera de la Cañada and the church of the Virgin of Tobed, but also included exclusive visits to unusual places such as the viewpoints of the Mocha Tower in Calatayud: the viewpoints of the Torre Mocha in Calatayud as part of an interesting itinerary through the Moorish and Jewish quarter of Calatayud by Javier Gómez Patrocinio and Laura Villacampa, authors of the Mudetrad project; micro concerts of viola da gamba, lute and flutes in the churches of Cervera de la Cañada and Tobed by Carlos Bonal and Fernando Marín, a work derived from the research stay that studies the acoustics of Mudejar buildings; a tour of the coastal paths of the churches of Cervera and Tobed, to finish in the Mudéjar Museum of Tobed with a tasting of local gastronomic products including a sample of wines from the D. O. Borja, Cariñena, Cariñena, Cariñena, Cariñena, Cariñena, Cariñena, Cariñena and Cariñena.O. of Borja, Cariñena and Calatayud.

The conference was a tour of the main projects that the Territorio Mudéjar network is developing in the 40 partner villages. “It has been a technical day through a very special journey through the heritage of our villages in which we have shown some of the results that are having our research stays that, in its fourth call, already have an international character and that allow us to deepen our knowledge of the Mudejar. We have interspersed walks and visits with explanations of projects. We have also done it in a special way, for example, with live music resulting from the work of our research stays, short 12-minute concerts in each of the buildings we have visited. The experience has been magnificent, the attendees have known all the work we do and its processes through a visual and experiential catalogue”, explains the director of Territorio Mudéjar, Victoria Trasobares.

Today we have also taken the opportunity to present the latest issue of the magazine Nsencia, in which Territorio Mudéjar and its 40 partner villages have a special role.