Best Traditional Spanish Aragón Zaragoza Basílica del Pilar Jaca Pyrenees Teruel Mudéjar UNESCO 2001 Aljafería and Aragón Deep Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Spain travel | Europe destinations Best Traditional Spanish Aragón Zaragoza Basílica del Pilar Jaca Pyrenees Teruel Mudéjar UNESCO 2001 Aljafería and Aragón Deep Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR Aragón is Spain's quietly rich inland kingdom, stretched between the high Pyrenees and the Iberian System, with a Mudéjar architectural tradition unique in Europe. Major destinations: Zaragoza with the Basílica del Pilar (1681-1872, the first Marian shrine in Christendom), the Aljafería Palace (UNESCO 2001, 11th-century Hudid Moorish), and Catedral del Salvador (La Seo) (UNESCO 2001, 12th-17th c. Mudéjar); Teruel with four Mudéjar towers (UNESCO 2001) and the Lovers of Teruel mummies (1217); Jaca with the first Romanesque cathedral in Spain (1077) gateway to the Aragonese Pyrenees; Ordesa y Monte Perdido (UNESCO 1997, 156 km², 3,355 m); Albarracín pink-walled Mozarabic town; and Huesca with Loarre Castle , the most complete 11th-century Romanesque fortress ...