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What to see and do in Alcolea de Cinca

What to see and do in Alcolea de Cinca (Cinca Medio, Huesca): 10 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 3 Activities · 2 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Alcolea de Cinca: festival calendar

September: Festival of el Santo Cristo de Alcolea de Cinca (September 14)
October: Feria Artesanal de Alcolea de Cinca (first weekend of October)

How far each place is from the centre of Alcolea de Cinca

Church of Alcolea de Cinca 50 m

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What to see and do in Alcolea de Cinca

Alcolea de Cinca
Village
Municipality in the comarca of Cinca Medio, in the province of Huesca, situated on the right bank of the Cinca River, beneath the Ripas, a mountain that, according to the writer Ramón J. Sender, "looks as if cut with a knife"; Sender, born in Chalamera, spent much of his childhood in Alcolea. Documented as Alcolegia since 1089, a name from the Arabic al-kulai, "the little castle", it passed into Christian hands in 1102, and in the 16th century, in 1558, the House of Alba inherited its lordship, establishing its residence where the town hall now stands. Its irrigated plain produces peaches, nectarines and pears between June and September. It preserves manor houses such as the Casa Pitarque and the Casa Monte, and the church of San Juan Bautista, from the 18th century, in Aragonese Renaissance style with three naves. It has 1,127 inhabitants (INE, 2025).
Festival of el Santo Cristo de Alcolea de Cinca
Activity
Main feast of Alcolea de Cinca on 14 September, in honour of the Santo Cristo de los Milagros, organised by an 18th-century confraternity considered one of the oldest in Aragón. Local tradition attributes the image to a pilgrim said to have carved it miraculously.
Feria Artesanal de Alcolea de Cinca
Activity
Craft fair of Alcolea de Cinca, held on the first weekend of October, which each year brings together more artisans from the comarca of Cinca Medio.
Church of Alcolea de Cinca
Monument
18th-century church of San Juan Bautista in Alcolea de Cinca, in Aragonese Renaissance style, with three naves supported by fluted pilasters.
Orchards of Alcolea de Cinca
Nature
Traditionally irrigated floodplain of the Cinca Medio around Alcolea de Cinca.
Festivities of invierno de Alcolea de Cinca
Activity
In Alcolea de Cinca, bonfires for San Antón are lit on 16 January; on 5 February Santa Águeda is celebrated with mass, a blessing and the handing out of cakes, and between February and March Carnival closes with the burning of the Carlestolendas.
Town Hall of Alcolea de Cinca
Monument
The town hall of Alcolea de Cinca occupies the old Palacio de los Alba, from the 16th-17th centuries, when that noble house held the lordship of the village between 1588 and 1812; its ground floor preserves the lonja with six round arches that served as jail, granary, school and oven under ducal rule.
The first mention of Alcolea de Cinca
Historical milestone
The name appears written as Alcolegia, from the Arabic al-kulai, the little castle; the stronghold passed definitively into Christian hands in 1102 and in the 16th century its lordship fell to the house of Alba.
The childhood of Ramón J. Sender in Alcolea
Historical milestone
Born in 1901 in neighboring Chalamera, the novelist spent much of his childhood in this town on the Cinca; its streets, its irrigated fields and its people left their mark on several of the works he would write later in exile.
Sweet fruit from the banks of the Cinca
Food and drink
Peaches, nectarines and pears grow in the fruit orchards of the floodplain watered by the canal; the harvest occupies from June to September and a good part of the crop is eaten fresh or preserved in syrup.