Longares castle
On an extensive ochre and reddish plain, with the Algairén mountain range as a lookout and with a tapestry of 3,000 hectares of vineyards, Longares can be seen in the distance by the silhouette of its church tower.
It is one of the most sober of the Aragonese Mudéjar style, with a square floor plan and a hollow interior structure divided into six floors covered with a pointed barrel vault, which does not correspond to the exterior, which is structured in three sections.
The third body concentrates the decoration: the four sides have the same composition, with two pointed-arch openings, framed by a brick frame with a brick frame highlighted by octagonal loops of four – its main ornamental motif – combined with cartouches; all this is completed with ceramic decoration based on ribbons forming spikes, and discs with white, blue and green pieces.
On an extensive ochre and reddish plain, with the Algairén mountain range as a lookout and with a tapestry of 3,000 hectares of vineyards, Longares can be seen in the distance by the silhouette of its church tower.
It is one of the most sober of the Aragonese Mudéjar style, with a square floor plan and a hollow interior structure divided into six floors covered with a pointed barrel vault, which does not correspond to the exterior, which is structured in three sections.
The third body concentrates the decoration: the four sides have the same composition, with two pointed-arch openings, framed by a brick frame with a brick frame highlighted by octagonal loops of four – its main ornamental motif – combined with cartouches; all this is completed with ceramic decoration based on ribbons forming spikes, and discs with white, blue and green pieces.
The Islamic tradition
Information on the date of construction of the tower is not precise, but its structure and decoration would place it in the second half of the 14th century. This monument adjoins the foot of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, in Renaissance style and built on the site of a 12th century Romanesque church. On its south side it preserves a Mudejar canvas from the old church; The temple houses works of incalculable value such as the altarpiece of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, painted by Guión y Balladares; the altarpieces of the Virgen del Pilar, Santo Cristo and Santa Ana; the pulpit, with profuse pictorial decoration on plaster; the Ecce-Homo chapel with a bust attributed to Alonso Cano; the 16th century Muel ceramic baptismal font, or the mummy of Doña Isabel de Ledesma.
Longares has a walled urban structure of which three of the five access gates to the town have survived: those of Valencia, Somera and Zaragoza, the latter of which has been rebuilt. The town’s heritage is completed by the Fuente de los Machos fountain and the Paloteao de Longares, a dance that takes place during the patron saint festivities for the Virgin in September.
Information on the date of construction of the tower is not precise, but its structure and decoration would place it in the second half of the 14th century. This monument adjoins the foot of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, in Renaissance style and built on the site of a 12th century Romanesque church. On its south side it preserves a Mudejar canvas from the old church; The temple houses works of incalculable value such as the altarpiece of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, painted by Guión y Balladares; the altarpieces of the Virgen del Pilar, Santo Cristo and Santa Ana; the pulpit, with profuse pictorial decoration on plaster; the Ecce-Homo chapel with a bust attributed to Alonso Cano; the 16th century Muel ceramic baptismal font, or the mummy of Doña Isabel de Ledesma.
Longares has a walled urban structure of which three of the five access gates to the town have survived: those of Valencia, Somera and Zaragoza, the latter of which has been rebuilt. The town’s heritage is completed by the Fuente de los Machos fountain and the Paloteao de Longares, a dance that takes place during the patron saint festivities for the Virgin in September.
Information
Town Hall: 976 142 401
www.longares.com
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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 a member.
Projects Territorio Mudéjar in Longares
Monuments | View the project
Pedagogy | View the project
Mudetrad Project | View the project
Didactic Mudejar, the guide | View the project
Preventive town planning | View the project
‘Circular’ Family walks | View the project
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