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What to see and do in Torrehermosa

What to see and do in Torrehermosa (Comunidad de Calatayud, Zaragoza): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Historical milestones

Towns near Torrehermosa

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What to see and do in Torrehermosa

Torrehermosa
Village
Torrehermosa is a municipality at the western edge of the Community of Calatayud, in the province of Zaragoza, the birthplace of Pascual Bailón, who as a boy worked as a shepherd in Alconchel de Ariza and became a Franciscan Alcantarine friar; he died in Villarreal in 1592 and was canonised in 1690. It now has 69 inhabitants, compared with the 225 it had in the mid-19th century. It preserves the church of Nuestra Señora de la Blanca and the castle of Torrehermosa, and belongs ecclesiastically to the archpriesthood of the Alto Jalón.
Birthplace of San Pascual Bailón
Historical milestone
Pascual Bailón was born on 16 May, the day of Pentecost, in this town at the western end of Zaragoza, and at seven years old he went to Alconchel de Ariza as a shepherd. An Alcantarine Franciscan friar, he died in Villarreal in 1592 and was canonised in 1690.