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Data of the Town |
Ainsa Sobrarbe |
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Town |
Ainsa Sobrarbe |
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Municipality |
Ainsa Sobrarbe / Region: Sobrarbe |
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Province |
Huesca |
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Community |
Aragon |
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Habt. / Ine 2005 |
1826 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Major square, 1 |
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ZIP code |
22330 |
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Phone |
974500002 |
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Fax |
974500955 |
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Office Tourism |
To contact with telf. quoted |
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Official web |
Ainsa Sobrarbe |
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Web of Interest |
Ainsa-Sobrarbe medieval town |
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E-mail municipality |
ainsa@pirineo.com |
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Magnificent municipality pirenaico nailed in confluence of the rivers Cinca and Altar, on a light hillock dominating an incredible panorama. Penetrating into his term municipally we meet the localities of Arcusa, Arro, Banastón, The Bellostas, Campotorruno, Castejón de Sobrarbe, Castellazo, Coscojuela de Sobrarbe, The Coscollar, Peasant, Latorre, Latorrecilla, Olson, The Pardina, Paulaes de Sarsa, Gerbe, Jabierre of Olson, Mondot, Santa Maria of Buil, Griebal, Firedog of Tou and Sarsa of Anchored
Although the legend places the Aínsa birth in the conquest of square for the troops of king Garcí Ximénez in 724 thanks to miracle of the cross of fire (from the XVIth century there is a cross in place where supposedly the facts happened) the sources historical aim that the Muslims did not go so far as to establish in this one at grounds
The castle, which dates of the XIth century, was part of the line of defense of the Christian territories (line that was spreading even Abizanda), and there turned into the embryo of the town, which in times of the Middle Age was walled, and turned in the capital of kingdom of the Sobrarbe that belonged to the kingdom of Nájera-Pamplona (earlier of that this one was giving place to the Kingdom of Navarre) and then the kingdom of Aragon was integrating in .
The city center preserves several houses of the XVIth century, forming one harmonic set. The Main road closed in his ends by two arches, is a set of illustrious buildings, between which Arnal stands out “Casa ” and “Casa Bielsa ” with fronts especially delicate, of windows ajimezadas, with cardinal transition onlookers to Gothic. The interior of “Casa Bielsa ”, as well as some house of Major square, they support his primitive structure. As them tubes and wine vaults of almost all the housings.
Special mention needs the Biggest mentioned Square porticada, dates of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries, his sides East and West are a harmonica succession of fronts and arcades of half a point and ogival
Parochial church of Santa Maria, Romanesque initiated in the XIth century and finished in the XIIth century. It devoted itself in 1181. Of simple front of four archivolts rested on some other pairs of columns of carved capitals. From the interior of the temple of the only ship with vault of half pointed cannon. His tower, of the only dimensions in the Romanesque Aragonese, makes visit essential his , with saeteras for the defense.
Monuments to be visited:
. Arch of the Hospital
. Streets
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Castle
. Cruz Cubierta
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ex-collegiate church of Santa Maria
. Walls
. Square
Her Moors of Ainsa generation consists of a transmitted historical drama of in generation, who tells us how the conquest happened of Aínsa for the Christians in the VIIIth century. The work is done in irregular poem and in the representation that has a duration of hour and a half approximately, there inform neighbors of the Town and her region
Aínsa has turned in last decades into a tourist nucleus excellently, offering a wide possibilities fan for the free time, of between those that there emphasizes the Museum of the Offices and Arts Traditional, located in “Casa Latorre ”, in full Main road.
Likewise Aínsa proposes one to us without alternatives end for ours divertimento, being able to realize attractive excursions on horseback or exciting flights coming to his airfield. (fte and texts to see links)
