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What to see and do in San Mateo de Gállego

What to see and do in San Mateo de Gállego (Comarca Central, Zaragoza): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

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Church of San Mateo de Gállego 50 m

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What to see and do in San Mateo de Gállego

San Mateo de Gállego
Village
San Mateo de Gállego is a municipality of 3,489 inhabitants in the Comarca Central of Zaragoza, situated at 281 metres above sea level beside the río Gállego, a tributary of the Ebro, 22 kilometres from the capital. Within the Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas geographical indication, wines from garnacha, tempranillo, cabernet sauvignon and macabeo grapes are produced in its municipal area on gravelly soils. The parish church, Mudéjar in style and dating from the 16th century, stands with its tower at one end of the old town, above a deep cave that overlooks the riverbed and serves as a natural viewpoint over the valley; it preserves carvings, altarpieces, a baptismal font and a triptych recovered for the parish. The demonym of its inhabitants is sanmateano.
Church of San Mateo de Gállego
Monument
Church of San Mateo Apóstol, a 16th-century church (the choir and part of the tower date from 1580) that follows the type of fortress-church of Aragonese Mudéjar; its façade is considered one of the most richly decorated examples of Mudéjar in the region.
Festivities of San Mateo de Gállego
Activity
San Mateo de Gállego celebrates its patronal festivities in honor of the Virgen del Rosario, with six days of celebrations that in recent years have taken place between 7 and 16 August, although the liturgical feast day of the patron saint is 7 October.
Gállego river plain in San Mateo
Nature
The irrigated floodplain of the River Gállego as it passes through San Mateo de Gállego.
Ribera del Gállego country wine
Food and drink
The protected geographical indication Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas covers the wines made in the districts that border the river Gállego. Garnacha, tempranillo, cabernet sauvignon and macabeo are worked on gravel soils and a continental climate.