Logbook · 4 places

The founding of the castle-abbey of Montearagón

Quicena, Hoya de Huesca, Huesca

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Historical milestones

Spain › Aragon › Huesca › Hoya de Huesca › Quicena › The founding of the castle-abbey of Montearagón

The founding of the castle-abbey of Montearagón

Historical milestone · Quicena, Hoya de Huesca, Huesca

Sancho Ramírez camped around 1085 on the hill that dominates the plain and ordered a fortress-abbey raised there to tighten the siege on Muslim Huesca; the church was begun the following year and housed royal burials.

mayo de 1085

Photo: Millars (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

What to see and do in Quicena