TERRITORIO MUDÉJAR was born as an association of municipalities whose objective is to strengthen a unified and collaborative management network for the use of historical and artistic resources linked to the important Mudejar heritage, understanding them as an engine for the development of the villages and as an element of identity for the maintenance of the communities that make up our territory.
The association TERRITORIO MUDÉJAR presents itself as a private management entity with the participation of public administrations based on a project whose work has a direct impact on the territory through the responsible and sustainable management of the Mudejar Cultural Heritage.
TERRITORIO MUDÉJAR is based on an identity approach of sustainable territorial and rural development based on the Aragonese Mudejar Heritage, a monumental resource existing in 85% of the territory of the province of Zaragoza, and supported by numerous samples of industrial, agricultural, ethnographic and traditional heritage that have reached our days adapting to the passage of time and the evolution of the territory and its population.
Incorporated on September 13, 2018 with twenty partner municipalities and one collaborating municipality in the province of Zaragoza, the entity has reached thirty members in a short time and is still open to new incorporations in the different options allowed by its statutes: partners and collaborating entities.
The general objective of the entity is to promote activities for the study, dissemination and promotion of Mudejar Art in Aragon in all its extension -architecture, movable and immovable property, urban planning, affected territory, population, society and culture-, as well as the promotion of art and heritage management initiatives that serve for its better appreciation, conservation and knowledge.
Its main aims can be summarised as follows:
The design of a work philosophy based on a project whose efforts have a direct impact on the territory through the responsible and sustainable management of the Mudejar Cultural Heritage with a transversal and innovative approach.
To create awareness of cultural and patrimonial wealth beyond the monumental evidence by adding the possibilities of the agricultural, hydraulic, ethnographic or immaterial heritage of the Mudejar tradition that have come down to our days adapting to the passing of time and the evolution of the territory and its population.
To orient our work from the local to the international using the UNESCO World Heritage brand as an umbrella under which we can make visible the richness and diversity of the local territory offering tools for the future: cultural, educational, population and directly-indirectly economic wealth.
Territorio Mudéjar is represented by seven member municipalities that make up its board of directors and ensure the aims of the association:
Presidence. Tobed Town Hall
Vice-Presidency. Calatayud City Council
Secretary. Aniñon Town Hall
Treasurer. Maluenda Town Council
Member 1. Tauste Town Council
Member 2. Quinto Town Council
Member 3. Longares Town Council
It has an interdisciplinary scientific committee made up of research professionals and national and international management bodies that ensure the quality of our project and the work of our activities.
D. Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, Honorary Director.
D. Esteban Sarasa Sánchez, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History.
D. Ernesto Arce Oliva, lecturer and researcher in art history. Director of the University of Experience at the University of Zaragoza.
Mr. Jesús Criado Mainar. Professor and researcher in art history. Director of the Centro de Estudios Turiasionenses.
Mr. José Castillo Ruiz. Professor of Art History and specialist in historical-artistic heritage at the University of Granada.
ICOMOS. Ms. Celia Martínez Yáñez. Deputy Secretary of the Spanish Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites.
COAA. Association of Architects of Aragon.
The association has the support of the Archbishopric of Zaragoza and the Bishopric of Tarazona as honorary members.
You can consult the statutes of the Association by clicking here.
Research and knowledge
Custody of assets
Conservation and advice
Cultural dissemination
Since 2019 our work is defined by our program of actions, designed according to the strategic lines raised by the “Work Plan of the Council of the European Union 2019-2022” aligned to the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, has as its guiding principle: the cultural identity of the territories will contribute to sustainable social and economic development by differentiating markets and in turn allowing their integration into a diversified economy that can ensure their future success.
For this reason, the following strategic areas have been proposed:
We develop work stays and artistic residencies in rural areas to study and design the implementation of projects linked to cultural and heritage resources, seeking synergies with innovation in rural schools, training by competencies or the creation of professional networks of heritage in rural areas.
At local, national and international level. Through a wide range of actions that cover all communication gaps, the objective is to make the international World Heritage brand visible and profitable: meetings with the media, work meetings with public and private entities, live broadcasts through networks, as well as the creation of an informative training program through different media.
Defined through the work with specialized teams in the different calls for funding for projects at national, European and international level that will allow us to ensure our medium-term future through quality management.