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244  EASTERN SP AIN

Environs
Rubielos de Mora, lying 14 km
(9 miles) to the southeast, is
worth exploring simply for its
well-preserved stone and timber
buildings. Among the balconied
houses is an Augustinian
convent with a Gothic reredos.

h Teruel
Teruel. * 34,200. £ @ n Plaza de
los Amantes 6, 978 62 41 05. ( Thu.
Alcalá de la Selva Castle, overlooking the town _ Día del Sermón de las Tortillas
d Valderrobres de Mora and Alcalá de la Selva, (Tue of Easter week), La Vaquilla del
Ángel (mid-Jul), Feria del Jamón
which has a castle set against (mid-Sep). ∑ turismo.teruel.es
Teruel. * 2,300. @ n Avenida
Cortes de Aragón 7, 978 89 08 86. a backdrop of rock faces. Its
( Sat. _ San Roque (mid-Aug). Gothic-Renaissance church, This industrial town has been
∑ valderrobres.es with shell motifs and twisted the scene of much desperate
columns, shelters the shrine fighting throughout the cent-
Just inside Aragón’s border of the Virgen de la Vega. uries. It began with the Romans,
with Catalonia, the town of the first to capture and civilize
Valderrobres overlooks the trout- Celtiberian Turba.
filled Río Matarraña. Dominating g Mora de Rubielos During the Reconquest
the town is the castle, formerly Teruel. * 1,650. n Calle Diputación the town became a strategic
a palace for Aragon ese royalty. 2, 978 80 05 29. ( Mon & Fri. _ San fron tier prize. In 1171 Alfonso II
Below it stands the imposing Miguel (28 Sep–1 Oct). recaptured Teruel for Christian
Gothic Iglesia de Santa María Spain, but many Muslims con-
la Mayor, with a huge rose Dominated by one of the best- tinued to live peacefully in the
window in Catalan Gothic preserved castles in Aragón, city, which they embel lished
style. The arc aded plaza has Mora de Rubielos with beautiful Mudéjar towers.
a pleasing late 16th-century displays the remains The last mosque was closed only
town hall (ayuntamiento). of the old walled city at the height of the Inquisition
with its bridges and (see p278), in 1502. More recently,
Environs a medieval old town. during the terrible, freezing
Near Valderrobres is the There is a fine winter of 1937, the bitterest
mountain peak of La Caixa. 17th-century town battle of the Civil War (see pp70–
At 14 km (9 miles) are the hall as well as the 71) was fought here. There were
mountain passes of Beceite. collegiate church many thousands of casualties.
of Santa María. The old quarter is home to the
+ Castillo de Valderrobres wedge-shaped Plaza del Torico,
Tel 679 63 44 38. Open Tue–Sun (Oct– with a monument of a small bull,
Jun: Fri–Sun & public hols). & 8

f Sierra de Gúdar
Teruel. £ Mora de Rubielos. @
Alcalá de la Selva. n Calle Diputación
2, Mora de Rubielos, 978 80 05 29.
∑ sierradegudar.com
This range of hills, northeast
of Teruel, is a region of pine
woods, jagged limestone
outcrops and scrub-covered
slopes. At 2,028 m (6,653 ft),
Peñarroya is the highest point.
Nearby Valdelinares, Spain’s
highest village, is a ski station.
From the access roads there are
panoramic views of the hills.
Especially noteworthy are the
views from the towns of Linares Tiled towers and rooftops of Teruel Cathedral
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p567 and pp590–91

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