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From Zaragoza by the N-330 to Huesca we went towards
Jaca we will follow soon by the N-330 to Sabiñanigo and to Jaca in
dondecontinuaremos to San Juan de la Peña. |
Little we know of the stay of Santo Grial in the city of Zaragoza, only, that it was given by fray
Bernardine, prior of the monastery of San Juan of the Rock, to King Martin the Human the 26 of September
of 1399. Who so deposited it in some of the chapels of the Palace of the Aljafería qualified for fín.
It is for that reason that we must begin this route without leaving the city of Zaragoza and beginning
by the majestruoso Palace of the present host Aljafería of the cuts of Aragón.
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Aljafería Palace
Founded on century I a.C., the independent State of Osca (the present Huesca) had Senate and an
advanced educative system. As of century VIII one became a Muslim bastion. In 1096 it was taken by
Pedro de Aragón and it was the capital of the region until 1118, when this title happened to show it
Zaragoza.
The gothic cathedral of Huesca is in its beautiful old helmet. The corroded facade of the west is
crowned by a singular style wood gallery to mudéjar. The central ship is covered with a starred vault of fine
ribbings tachonada of golden adornments. The jewel of the cathedral is an alabaster altarpiece carved by
Damià Forment with excenas expresivas of the Crucifixión that the illumination helps to stand out.
In front of the Cathedral is the Renaissance City council where the Bell keeps from Huesca, a
macabre picture of the century XIX that illustrates the most memorable event of the city: the decapitation of
a noble group in century XII by order of king Ramiro II. The massacre took place in the room of the Bell of
the university (century XVII), seat of the Provincial Archaeological museum, that contains archaeological
findings and a collection of art that it includes fresh gothic and works of primitive Aragoneses, like the
Virgin of the Rosary, of Miguel Jiménez.
Certainty is had that Santo Calíz was sent in year 258 by san Lorenzo to a temple in where now this
the church of San Pedro the Old one.
Jaca goes back to century II d. C. In century VIII the city resisted bravely to the Muslims - feat
commemorated in the celebration of the Victory and 1035 became the first capital of the Aragón. kingdom
The cathedral of Jaca, of century XI, is one of oldest of Spain; but its interior very is reformed. It
was ordered to construct to be a majestruosa stay of Santo Calíz although constacia of whichever time is
not had was there nor when it was transferred to San Juan of the Rock
Its primitive splendor is guessed in the recovered South porch, with statures of Biblical subject, as
those of Isaac and David. Sculptures and ornados abovedamientos embellish the shady central ship and
the chapels. In the claustros, a museum of sacred art contains a collection of fresh gothic románicos and
and sculptures of churches of the region. The bordering streets form an attractive urban set.
Other monuments of Jaca that have interest are ciudadela of century XVI, a strength with angular
towers located in the outskirts, the gothic Tower of the Clock and the church of the Carmen. Jaca is the to
begin with main point to explore the Aragón Pyrenees.
Between both temples it takes the highway that ascends until San Juan of the Rock, overcoming a
formed valley, partly, by imposing stone walls.
The monastery, literally inlaid on an enormous rock, is one of the forced visits of the Aragonese
Way. Although its construction includes from the art visigodo to the Renaissance one, the church and
claustro are two magnificent totally unique exponents of the medieval architecture to be partially excavated
the temple and totally covered by the rock claustro.
In the 713 the Bishop of Huesca along with great multitude of Christians must save of the Muslims
taking with himself objects of value and relics.
After crossing different places from the Pyrenean one, Holy Grail finally arrived at the hermitage
formerly located in the present Monastery of San Juan of the Rock. In this place he remained up to 1399,
year in which King Martín the Human is able to take it to the Aljafería de Zaragoza.
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