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What to see and do in Esplús

What to see and do in Esplús (La Litera, Huesca): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

How far each place is from the centre of Esplús

Church of Esplús 50 m
Hermitage of Esplús 50 m

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What to see and do in Esplús

Esplús
Village
Esplús is a municipality in the irrigated area of La Litera, in the province of Huesca, home to a livestock market that sets reference prices for veal in the comarca, one of the largest beef-fattening areas in Spain thanks to fodder from irrigation. It preserves the hermitage of San Roque and an open-air ecomuseum of farm implements. It celebrates San Vicente on 22 January, la Asunción on 15 August and San Roque on the 16th. It is twinned with the French town of Fleurance. It has 676 inhabitants.
Church of Esplús
Monument
Parish church of Esplús, near which the hermitage of San Roque also stands; the village's festivities are held on 15 and 16 August, for la Asunción and San Roque, and on 22 January for San Vicente.
Festivities of Esplús
Activity
Patron saint festivities of Esplús on 15 and 16 August, for la Asunción and San Roque, and on 22 January for San Vicente.
Festivities of invierno de Esplús
Activity
Esplús's winter festival is held in a village whose irrigated fodder turned the region into one of the largest cattle-fattening areas in Spain, with a livestock market that sets reference prices.
Hermitage of Esplús
Monument
Hermitage in the municipal district of Esplús, a village whose irrigated fodder turned the region into one of the largest cattle-fattening areas in Spain.
Landscape of the Aragón-Catalonia Canal in Esplús
Nature
The Canal de Aragón y Cataluña irrigates in Esplús a municipality whose fodder made the comarca one of Spain's largest zones for fattening cattle, through the Esplús irrigation channel, 11.48 kilometres long. The canal, already called for in a petition of 1782 and promoted at the end of the 19th century by Joaquín Costa, began construction on 23 October 1896 and was inaugurated by Alfonso XIII on 2 March 1906; with 124 kilometres between Huesca and Lérida, it irrigates some 104,850 hectares, the second largest irrigated area in the Ebro basin.
Historic bridge of Esplús
Monument
The historic bridge of Esplús is found in a district whose irrigated fodder turned the region into one of the largest cattle-fattening areas in Spain.
Veal of la Litera
Food and drink
The fodder brought by irrigation made the comarca one of the largest cattle-fattening areas in Spain; its livestock exchange sets reference prices and the meat is eaten grilled or in stews.