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Data of the Town |
Ambel |
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Town |
Ambel |
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Municipality |
Ambel / Region: Borja's Field |
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Province |
Saragossa |
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Community |
Aragon |
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Habt. / Ine 2004 |
329 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Square of Villamayor of Santiago, 5 |
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ZIP code |
50546 |
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Phone |
976860570 |
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Fax |
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Office Tourism |
976 852 001 (of Borja's Field) |
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Official web |
Ambel |
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Web of Interest |
Ambel information |
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E-mail municipality |
ambel@dpz.es |
Population located to approximately ten kilometers of Borja, in Borja's field region. Of economy fundamentally stockbreeder and farmer, they emphasize his olive trees and, especially, his vineyards, whose production finds her low Denomination of Origin Borja's Field.
It was a head of one of the charges you would moderate more important of the area, which then happened, as in case of Alberite of Saint John, to to belong to the order of Saint John.
Of interest:
Navarrese's house
Belonging in origin to Don José Maria Dusmet, of the San order Juan de Jerusalén, Navarrese happens later to the family, in his interior there preserve furniture of big value, portraits important like that of count Sarriá and two carpets of the XVIIth century of probable origin Bruges
Castle - Palace of Ambel
Palace of the Hospitable ones of Monserrate, construído in the century XVI, of rectangular plant, with towers squared in the corners. In the south corridor of the building stays in an attached way, the Church of San Miguel. The set is construído in brick. The front North is of more sober and military aspect, the south wing opens to exterior to itself, with a front more palacial in which we can admire one beautiful gallery of arquillos Aragonese and a strip of tracerías Mudejar.
Parochial church of San Miguel
Repeated. Church construída in the XIVth century in brick with Mudejar decoration, only one ship with vault of crucería and apse polygonal. It contains an interesting reredos dated in 1533, with stage on the life and martyrdom of the Saint, with influence of painting italogermánica. At present it remains attached to the Palace of Ambel, construído in the XVIth century.
Hamlet
Baroque chapel of the XVIIIth
Chapel of the Virgin of the Rosary
In the outskirts, the natural water source is called Eye of Ambel, or of Valjunquera.
Holidays: On January 20 the day of San Sebastian is celebrated. 29 of in August take place the management holidays in honor to the Saints Relics, one being interpreted of dance Aragonese more ancient, in that the Cipotegato takes part. On September 29 San Miguel is celebrated with the dance of the "palotiau". (ftes and text to see links)