The Cathedral of El Salvador (La Seo), built in the 12th century above
the rests of the Mosque, it was in the following centuries widened and
modified, up to reach the actual aspect, introduces an alternate
of various styles, he goes in fact from the
Romanesque one, to the Gothic one, to the mudéjar until to reach the
Baroque one. Among the mudéjar art to be signalled part of the apse, the
parroquieta de San Miguel and the cimborio. Magnificent the polyptych
(retablo) of the most greater altar, in alabaster realized by
Pere Johan and Hans de Suabia, considered one of the most important
works of the European Gothic.
The Palacio de la Aljafería is an Arabic construction of the 11th
century, that was the building of the king of the Taifa of Saraqusta,
Al-Muqtadir. The building is the only testimony preserved of a great
building of the Islamic architecture of the kingdoms of Taifas (11th
century). After the reconquista, it became the residence of the kings of
Aragon, it was then center of the inquisition and today it is headquarters of
the Cortes in Aragon.
In 2001, within the architecture Mudejar in the Aragon, the Unesco has
declared world patrimony of the humanity the rests of the building de
the Aljafería; the apse, the cimborio and the parroquieta de San Miguel
de la Seo (Cathedral); the Tower and the parish church of St. Pablo,
all in Zaragoza.
Other attractions of the city are the old Roman Wall and the
Roman Theater; among the churches in style mudéjar of the 14th century
we can quote the church of St. Pablo, the church of St. Gil Abad, the
church of San Miguel de los Navarros and the Parish church of Santa
María Magdalena; of the medieval period are then the Torreón de la
Zuda, the arc and the house of the Deán, the Puente de Piedra, the
Convent of the Santo Sepulcro, the Bañoses judíos, the Torreón de Fortea
and the remains of the ancient medieval town-walls. Among the Renaissance
works not to be missed the visit to the Lonja, the ancient Stock Market built
between 1541 and 1551; the Palacio de los Condes de Morata, the Palacio
de los Luna, the House palacio de los condes de Sástago, the House
palacio de los marqueses de Montemuzo, the basilica de Santa Engracia,
the Patio de la Infanta, the Building Armijo and the House Aguilar,
that entertains a collection of the works of the Aragonese painter Goya.
In the city there are then interesting baroque and neoclassic buildings.
The new city, is the most vital and most animated part in the town,
among the Plaza de Espana, the Paseo de Indipendencia and the Plaza de
Aragon, heart of the modern city, crowds the principal commercial
activities. Next to Plaza de Aragon is found the Patio de la Infanta,
that entertains works of Goya. Not far away lies one of the most
beautiful places of Saragozza, the Park Primo de Rivera.
Among the museums of the Roman Zaragoza there are the Museum of the Foro,
the Museum of the puerto fluvial and the Museum de las termas públicas.
For the lovers of the kind not to miss, the Museum de Tapices de La
Seo (cathedral), with an exceptional collection of tapestry of the centuries
15th-18th, it's one of the most important collections of this
kind of Europe. It's also in Zaragoza an historical university,
founded in 1474. In 2008, from on June 14 to September 14, Zaragoza
will be the center of the Expo Zaragoza 2008, the International
exposure. Among the destinations around Saragozza, you can visit the
Cincos Villas, to north of the city; Calatayud, to the south-west; Huesca, the
second city of the Aragon; Fuendetodos, city native of Goya; and the
desert territory of the west Monegros.
