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What to see and do in Almudévar

What to see and do in Almudévar (Hoya de Huesca, Huesca): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

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What to see and do in Almudévar

Almudévar
Village
Almudévar is a municipality in the province of Huesca, in the Hoya de Huesca comarca, with 2462 inhabitants according to the 2025 register, situated on the plain of the Llanos de la Violada 20 kilometres from the capital. The present-day settlement is the heir of the Roman mansio of Bortina, on the Vía Lata. Its place name, of Arabic origin, means “the round one” and alludes to the oval shape of the site on which the castle, known as la Corona, stands. It is first mentioned in 1083, when King Sancho Ramírez of Aragon granted its parias to the monastery of San Juan de la Peña. In 1364, Pedro IV of Aragon, Carlos II of Navarre and Enrique de Trastámara met in its castle to support Enrique's claims to the throne of Castile against Pedro the Cruel, in the War of the Two Pedros.
Church of Almudévar
Monument
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, originally a Romanesque church dedicated to San Miguel and extended under its new dedication in 1757; with a basilican plan of three naves of equal height, although the central one is wider. Of the original Romanesque church only the portal of the south wall survives; it preserves an altarpiece begun in 1555 by the painter Juan Catalán and the sculptor Juan de Liceyre, in the style of the second Aragonese Renaissance.
Festivities of Almudévar
Activity
The patronal festivities of Almudévar are celebrated from 7 to 12 September in honor of the Virgen de la Corona, with fixed dates since 1981. They have been declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional (Festival of Regional Tourist Interest), and their most notable events are the Bajada y Subida de la Virgen (Bringing Down and Taking Up of the Virgin) and the Rondas del Farolico y la Galera.
The meeting of the three kings at Almudévar
Historical milestone
Peter IV of Aragon, Charles II of Navarre and Henry of Trastámara met in 1364 in the town's castle to support the last one's claims to the throne of Castile, in the middle of the War of the Two Peters.
Almudévar Braided Pastry
Food and drink
Sweet of puff pastry braided by hand and glazed, filled with hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds and raisins, which is baked in the town and has become one of the best-known and most exported sweets of the whole of Aragon.