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From Zaragoza towards Utebo by the N-232 to Alagón in where we will turn aside
ourselves until Tauste. From Tauste, towards Ejea de los Caballeros by the A-127, that us
conducira also until Sádaba. From Sádaba, by the A-1202 to Uncastillo, and from there, we can
return to Sádaba and continue to Sos del rey Cátolico or take the local one who takes to us
directly until Sos.
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Reconquered in the 1105 by Alfonso I El Batallador, he obtained his letter populates in 1135,
and in century XV all their neighbors could be conceited of infanzones.
Today only it is left still on of that time the high tower to mudéjar of the church of Santa Maria (1300),
visible from several kilometers to the round one. Its octogonal tower is known like "the planted good",
and in her they emphasize the showy geometric strips of tracerías of brick and their almenado closing.
The apse Romanesque of San Antonio Abbot, in the old low suburb, is other to per it of a place whose
landscape is marked by the proximity of the Ebro river and the fertility of its irrigable.
Ejea de los caballeros is a loaded place of history. Throughout the centuries, with the aid of a
favorable geographic situation, empufe of its people has made possible an economic development that
it has placed to the capital of the Five Villas in the place that is deserved, as much inside as outside the
Aragonese borders.
Located in the confuencia of the rivers Arba de Luesia and Arba de Biel, Ejea de los caballeros
constitutes the capital of the region of the Cinco Villas. Its strategic location has contributed to turn it
traditional bridge between the mountain and the level one, making of Ejea a commercial enclave of
increasing importance throughout the centuries.
The natural surroundings of Ejea rich and are varied, constituting one of the most important
pillars on those than its tourist supply rests, still without exploding in its totality.
They emphasize by the its attractive dams of Moncayuelo, Bolsao and San Bartholomew, who
allows the practice of the fishing and the nautical sports.
In mounts near Ejea the pines abound, boxwoods and jabalñies. Towards the south,
nevertheless, the mounts of Castejón represent completely different a estepario ecosystem, where it
finds refuge the primitive vegetation of the region, composed mainly of carrasco pine.
Sádaba is a nucleus of forced historical reference. In its municipal term an ample artistic
catalogue with outstanding rest of different times and civilizations exists.
Sádaba conserves one of the most important architectonic sets of the time of Roman domination
in Aragón.
In their proximities, the rest of the mausoleo of the Atilia family or the Synagogue conform a
center of great historical and artistic interest.
Nevertheless, not only the Romans left their tracks of their passage by these earth, next to their
urban center, is the magnificent castle of Sádaba. Of rectangular plant, it is a building of great historical
importance, since its structure supposed the development of a new type of more residential defensive
enclosure in Aragón.
Another construction of interest is the parochial church of Santa Maria, outstanding shows of the
Aragon's gothic. Its tower, of square plant and great dimensions, stands out on the landscaping
horizon of Sádaba.
Its artistic historical set constitutes an impressive exhibition: from the towers from the castle to
the consistorial house, passing by its fortified churches and their palaces, all the architecture of this villa
seems to want to compete with the beleza of its natural surroundings.
The importance and the wealth of this city and the enchantment of their streets and callizos
affluent deserve one rested and concientious visit. During the same one, the traveller will be surprised
by the calm beauty of his numerous churches, the strong medieval flavor of his urban layout and the
quality of his civil buildings with the rich Houses pleasingly at the top.
Located in the most southern spurs of the prePyrenean one, the villa of Uncastillo conserves in
its municipal tñermino, to thirteen kilometros of the urban helmet, the archaeological deposit of the
Bañales. There still it is possible to contemplate the rest of the spas of which it was an important
residential city of the Roman imperial time.
To the monumental character of the villa, that has in the development of the services related to
the tourism its future more prometedos, the attractiveness of its surroundings is united powerful.
The landscaping beauty of its environs, that in the Mountain range gets to be to espextacular,
invites as much to all type of excursions in mountain bicycle as on foot.
Also it is possible to enjoy horse routes, organized by the local center of equitación.
In this pueblecito of the region of the Cinco Villas borned in 1452 the future king Fernando el Cátolico.
The palace of Sada, probably birthplace of the monarch, who counts on a beautiful inner patio,
is one of the most satately mansions of the town; it is raised in a small square, in the middle of a
labyrinth of spotted side streets.
In the high part of the town the lopped rest of a castle and the church of San Esteban are seen.
The old battery of the church and its wrought capitals are worthy of mention, like the fresh airs of
century XIII that adorn two of the apses of cripta. From the castle and the church splendid views of
surrounding hills are comtemplan.
The Market, with gothic arcade, and the city council, constructed during century XVI, is in the
adjacent greater seat. The gothic convent of the Carmelite ones is also worthy of interest that dates
from century XVI.
Información: Seat de la Villa 1.
Mercado: Friday.
Fiestas: San Esteban (august 3th week).
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