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What to see and do in Mas de las Matas

What to see and do in Mas de las Matas (Bajo Aragón, Teruel): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

How far each place is from the centre of Mas de las Matas

Church of Mas de las Matas 50 m
Hermitage of Mas de las Matas 50 m

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What to see and do in Mas de las Matas

Mas de las Matas
Village
Mas de las Matas is a municipality in the province of Teruel (Aragon), in the Bajo Aragón comarca, set at 501 metres above sea level in the basin formed by the Guadalope river after crossing the Castellote mountains, one of the eastern gateways to the Maestrazgo. It has about 1,230 inhabitants. The settlement was born around 1500 around a farmstead (mas) of the Mata or Lamata brothers, a surname still preserved, and achieved municipal independence in 1610 after having been annexed to La Ginebrosa. During the Carlist Wars, General Espartero established his general headquarters here between 1839 and 1840. Its church of San Juan Bautista has a bell tower 63.5 metres high, the tallest in the province of Teruel.
Church of Mas de las Matas
Monument
18th-century Baroque church of San Juan Bautista in Mas de las Matas, with a Latin-cross floor plan, three naves and a dome over the crossing; its bell tower, 63.5 metres tall, is the tallest in the province of Teruel.
Festivities of Mas de las Matas
Activity
Main festivities of Mas de las Matas on the fourth weekend of August, with a parade of floats the previous Friday; in September, around the 24th, the feast of the Regreso del Comendador (Return of the Commander) is also held.
Hermitage of Mas de las Matas
Monument
The hermitage of Santa Flora de Mas de las Matas was built on the personal initiative of Fr. Diego Sanz between 1660 and 1661; it was destroyed during the Carlist Wars and rebuilt by the townspeople, and razed again during the Civil War, being raised once more between 1975 and 1977. It has a single nave with side chapels, lunette barrel vaulting and a brick bell-gable.
Founding and independence of Mas de las Matas
Historical milestone
The center was born around 1500 around the farmstead of some brothers surnamed Mata, on a place formerly called Camarón, reconquered in 1169. Attached to La Ginebrosa, it did not obtain its own municipal council until 1610.
Black truffle of Bajo Aragón
Food and drink
The holm oaks of the sierras in the south of the comarca produce winter black truffle, gathered with a dog between December and March. It is a product of high economic value used in scrambled eggs, meats and flavored oils.