ARAGON, SPAIN

ZARAGOZA

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Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English (650.000 inhabitants), it is one of the most important cities in Spain, capital of the Aragon. Zaragoza is found to half way between Madrid and Barcelona from which lies at around 300 kms, the city is situated to 200 meters high and is crossed by the river Ebro.  

The name of the city derives from its ancient Roman origin, in fact the city was founded by the Romans with the name of Colony Caesaraugusta in the 15 DC. The Roman Zaragoza had its period of maximum shine, in the 1st and 2nd centuries of the Christian era, in this period were built in fact important public works, some of which visible still today, among which the Foro, the river port, the thermal baths, the theater and the amphitheater. After the fall of the Roman empire, in 714 the city was conquered by the Arabs, that called it Saraqostas, initially it belonged to the Califate of Córdoba, then, between 1018 and 1110, it became capital of the independent kingdom know as Taifa de Saraqusta, also this period was a period of shine for the city, in 1110 it was conquered by the Almoravidis and finally in 1118 it was regained from the christian troops of the king Alfonso I el Batallador and it became the capital of the kingdom of Aragon, one of the most important of the Spanish history. 

 

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