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Data of the Town |
Villastar |
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Town |
Villastar |
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Municipality |
Villastar / Region: Community of Teruel |
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Province |
Teruel |
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Community |
Aragon |
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Habt. / Ine 2004 |
347 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Square of Four Corners, 1 |
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ZIP code |
44130 |
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Phone |
978680100 |
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Fax |
978680100 |
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Office Tourism |
To contact with telf. quoted |
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Official web |
Villastar |
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Web of Interest |
Villastar portal |
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E-mail municipality |
aytovillastar@micorreo.cai.es |
Small municipality placed to the south of Community of Teruel, washed by the waters of the Turia and sheltered for the neighboring mounts.
We are documented the name of the locality somewhere near the year 1267, belonging to the community would Moderate of Villel, down name of Bellestar.
In the term several finds have found arqueológicos:un deposit of the Full Bronze, in the "Escondilla", and some rock inscriptions in Celtiberian language with characters Iberian and Latin Americans and others written in Latin, discovered by CABRÉ in Peñalba.
The urban set was creating concerning the parochial one, something commonly in many other localities the area. His scarce streets are one good shop window of some of the most typical elements of the popular architecture of this area turolense, emphasizing someone large house like “Villa Alice ”.
The Saint's Church Engracia, raised in the XVIIIth century, stands out on the rest of constructions on having settled in the highest part of the Town. It is provided with three ships covered with barrel vault, her head office and of edge the wings. To the feet high choir and airy tower of four bodies of hewing of stone and brick (ftes and text to see links)