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Church of Lituénigo

Lituénigo, Tarazona y el Moncayo, Zaragoza

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Church of Lituénigo

Monument · Lituénigo, Tarazona y el Moncayo, Zaragoza

Parish church of Lituénigo (Zaragoza, Tarazona y el Moncayo), famous for the traditional Pesada. Dedicated to the Purification of the Virgin, the current building dates from the 17th century and was built over an earlier 13th-century structure, remains of which are still preserved at the base of the tower. On the Sunday of the patronal festivities, the last weekend of September, the Weighing of the Children is held, declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico (official Spanish designation for festivals of tourist interest) and documented since 1295: it includes the collection of wheat (la Llega), the weighing of children born that year, and the auction of the wheat collected.

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