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Data of the Town |
Fornoles |
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Town |
Fornoles |
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Municipality |
Fornoles / Region: Matarranya / Matarraña |
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Province |
Teruel |
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Community |
Aragon |
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Habt. / Ine 2004 |
106 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Major square, 1 |
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ZIP code |
44650 |
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Phone |
978853002 |
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Fax |
978853002 |
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Office Tourism |
To contact with telf. quoted |
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Official web |
Fornoles |
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Web of Interest |
Fornoles to the native, information, photos, innovations, information |
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E-mail municipality |
info@penyapork.com |
The term of "Fórnoles" found in diverse medieval documents as "Fornos", containing features of Mozarab and deriving from the Latin "furnulos", that is to say, forno or stove. It is possible that it comes from the ancient caves in the shape of stove that they place for the outskirts of the municipality. The shield of the locality of faith of it on having represented an ancient limekiln.
The Street of the Castle resembles already the medieval alleys missing persons.
His Town hall, of the XVIth century and Renaissance style, emphasizes for jail placed in the low part
The parochial Church of Santa Maria and the Chapel of Monserrate there are two good examples of the religious architecture.
In Fórnoles also it is possible to find, between many other things one rich nature with the ravine "dels Canals" (that separates the vales from the Matarraña and from the Guadalope) and the environment of the chapel of Montserrate.
In the proximities of Fórnoles, leafy pines forests and holm oaks are alternated by the breeding grounds.
Between others, olive trees and almond trees are those that we can find in breeding grounds of this municipality. Plants abound also aromatic like the thyme, the savory, the rock tea... (ftes. and text to see links)