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Data of the Town |
Alberite De Saint John |
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Town |
Alberite of Saint John |
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Municipality |
Alberite of Saint John / Region: Borja's Field |
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Province |
Saragossa |
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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 |
Square of the Church, 1 |
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ZIP code |
50529 |
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Phone |
976858289 |
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Fax |
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Office Tourism |
To contact with telf. quoted |
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Official web |
Alberite De Saint John |
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Web of Interest |
Alberite of Saint John, information and sights |
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E-mail municipality |
alberite@dpz.es |
The origin of the name comes his Arab place name To - baldah that means “la relay ”, although also it means " fresh air".
The locality was part, together with Ambel, of one of the charges you would moderate. From 1312 it went on to the order of Saint John, to which it belonged for 600 years. Of this period the church survives parochial of Our Lady of the Asunción, built in the century XIV. It presents Mudejar style on the outside and Gothic decoration in his interior, where he emphasizes the biggest Renaissance reredos.
The remains of the Castle are included in the Catalog of Aragonese cultural heritage of real estate of Mudejar style.
In the surroundings we find archaeological deposits, like of the mount Quez, with human burials, or a deposit hallstático, dated in año1.000 B.C.
On the first Sunday of February, it is celebrated "The Holiest Stolen". (ftes and text to see links)
