Monuments
THIS PROJECT PROVIDES AN UPDATED VISION OF THE MUDEJAR MONUMENTAL HERITAGE
Villar de los Navarros
Pedagogy
SCHOOL MATERIALS TO WORK ON CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE
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Mudetrad Project
A PROJECT THAT VALUES THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF VILLAR DE LOS NAVARROS
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Circular from the rural school
Family walks
COOPERATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN RURAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS

At the foot of the mountains

Villar de los Navarros sits at the foot of the Sierra de Herrera mountain range, was the scene of one of the most crucial battles of the first Carlist war and preserves a great wealth of Islamic historical and artistic heritage as a result of its proximity to the focal point of the Mudejar presence in Aragon: located in the Jalón valley and its parallel to the Huerva. As an example, in the centre of the town stands the parish church of San Pedro, a 15th century temple that nowadays is the result of two extensions to the original Mudejar building in the 16th and 18th centuries. Inside, the choir, whose walls have preserved the remains of Mudejar stonework in which we can distinguish motifs of mixtilinear loops and interlaced Gothic quadrilobes, is particularly striking. But it is on the outside, where the Mudejar bell tower is the centre of attention.

Villar de los Navarros, at the foot of the Sierra de Herrera mountain range, was the scene of one of the most decisive battles of the First Carlist War, and its proximity to the centre of the Mudejar presence in Aragon, in the valley of the Jalón and its parallel with the Huerva, means that it preserves a great wealth of Islamic historical and artistic heritage.

As an example, in the centre of the town stands the parish church of San Pedro, a 15th century temple that nowadays is the result of two extensions to the original Mudejar building in the 16th and 18th centuries. Inside, the choir, whose walls have preserved the remains of Mudejar stonework in which we can distinguish motifs of mixtilinear loops and interlaced Gothic quadrilobes, is particularly striking. But it is on the outside, where the Mudejar bell tower is the centre of attention.

The beauty of Mudejar “horror vacui”

The tower of the church of San Pedro, attached to the foot of the church and built in the first decades of the 15th century, has a curious layout. It consists of a main tower with the function of a belfry – with a square ground plan and a height of five interconnected rooms – to which a second tower of smaller proportions is attached. The latter houses the spiral staircase, which is the only possible access to the rooms of the first tower. These rooms are vaulted with simple ribbed vaulting and their height decreases as one ascends in height. The exterior decoration is dominated by typical 14th-century systems of drapery: friezes of simple angles, double-thread zigzag strips, interlaced mixtilinear arches and crosses forming lozenges. The main tower has a crenellated top and a pyramidal spire.

The heritage of Villar de los Navarros is completed with the hermitages of Santa Bárbara and Santa Ana, the peirons that preserve such an ancestral tradition, a walk to the Calvario – on one of the hills – and to the sanctuary of the Virgen de Herrera.

The tower of the church of San Pedro, attached to the foot of the church and built in the first decades of the 15th century, has a curious layout. It consists of a main tower with the function of a bell tower – with a square plan and a height of five interconnected rooms – to which is attached a second tower of smaller proportions.

The latter houses the spiral staircase, which is the only possible access to the rooms of the first tower. These rooms are vaulted with simple ribbed vaulting and their height decreases as one ascends in height. The exterior decoration is dominated by typical 14th-century systems of drapery: friezes of simple angles, double-thread zigzag strips, interlaced mixtilinear arches and crosses forming lozenges. The main tower has a crenellated top and a pyramidal spire.

The heritage of Villar de los Navarros is completed with the hermitages of Santa Bárbara and Santa Ana, the peirons that preserve such an ancestral tradition, a walk to the Calvario – on one of the hills – and to the sanctuary of the Virgen de Herrera.

Information

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Aragon Tourism
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Daroca Region Tourism
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Centre for Darocese Studies
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Center of Jiloca Studies
www.xiloca.org

Territorio Mudéjar Network

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

Projects Mudejar Territory in Villar de los Navarros

Monuments | View the project
Pedagogy | View the project
Mudetrad Project | View the project
Didactic Mudejar, the guide | View the project
‘Circular’ Family walks | View the project

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