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Church of Torla

Torla, Sobrarbe, Huesca

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Church of Torla

Monument · Torla, Sobrarbe, Huesca

The church of Torla, in Romanesque style, stands on a great rock overlooking the valley, on the spot where it is believed there once stood the defensive tower that gives the town its name, built against incursions from France since the time of John II of Aragon, in the 15th century. The present-day road crosses the rock through a tunnel that runs just beneath the church. Nearby are preserved the remains of Torla castle, reinforced after the raids suffered by the town in the 14th and 15th centuries, including that of 1512, which led the townspeople to build the defences whose ruins can be seen today, together with those of the so-called Cripta de San Jorge.

Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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