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Aragon – The Land of Moors and Romans
The provinces of Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel with an area of 47,719 km ² and form an autonomous community in the northeast of Spain called Aragon. More than half the population of 1.2 million people live in the capital of the region of Zaragoza (English pronunciation: Zaragoza), leaving the rest of the region very soon the creation of large populated areas deserted.
The region is bordered on the south by Valencia and north of France. Catalonia and the Ebro Valley, with its flat, fertile land is east and west are Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, La Rioja and Navarra.
Great potential for Winter sports are offered by the mountains and in summer you can explore the unspoiled beauty, artisany, folklore and gastronomy of the region famous.
Animals long extinct in other parts of Europe can still be found in the mountainous landscapes of this region was a center of Spanish culture in medieval times.
Aragon's major attractions
Saragossa
Situated along the river Ebro, is the regionalization € ™ s capital â € "Zaragoza. The Romans and the Moors, who in their time dominated the region, are represented in the paintings located in the many museums and galleries, artists such as Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Velazquez and Goya to Renoir, Manet and Sorolla.
Teruel
The cityâ € ™ s greatest monuments and Moorish-style buildings, which are the result of a long Muslim rule, are more noticeable. The Cathedral with its beautiful bell towers of San Martín, San Pedro and El Salvador. A combined theme park, Dinópolis Terual is located on the outskirts of Terual â € "which includes a museum that focuses on dinosaurs and has an engine size of a model of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Huesca
Nestled at the base of the Pyrenees is the city of Huesca, which provides a landscape of exceptional beauty. The main annual festival in San Lorenzo (Lorenzo) takes place August 10 in honor of San Lorenzo who was bishop of Rome and martyred by the Romans.
Climate of Aragon
Aragon is known for its Mediterranean – dry continental climate with irregular rainfall, temperature and strong winds, especially along the Ebro valley region also boasts some of the most extreme of the temperature in Spain as a result of their continent position, far from the effects of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
The most consistent part of the Iberian Peninsula cold (apart from the mountains, of course) claims to be the valley of Jiloca in Teruel, which has a record of the lowest temperature -28/-30Â º C occur in Calamocha. It is not uncommon that large areas of southern Aragon 120 days of frost in a given year.
Aragonese cuisine
Aragona € ™ s cuisine includes roast lamb (about all sheep), ham (JAMA ³ n) de Teruel, olive oil Empeltre and Arbequina varieties and wines from Darling ± ena, Somontano (Huesca), Calatayud and Campo Borja. There are also few wonderful dishes of seafood, including various types of pasta with crab (influenced by the superstition that crabs help prevent disease) and steam, but very often undercooked sea fish, steamed in salt water are taken from.
A visit to Aragon is a visit that will immerse the traveler in Spain € ™ s rich heritage and one that will continue the tradition of this visit the regions of the people of other nationalities.
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