Chodes belongs to the Valdejalon region and it is placed in the vale of the Landmark and in the province of Saragossa to 62 km from the capital.
His altitude is 470 m. A population to the surroundings of 146 inhabitants. An annual average temperature of 14,2 º. Annual precipitation, 370 mm.

His city center limits to a circular square provided with arches of access placed under the proper houses. It is one of the sets more onlookers of the whole Aragon. The church and the town hall are in the same disposition.


Sights:

Town hall with the Clock: The only building, in addition to the Church, that remains highlighted inside the Biggest peculiar Square of Chodes. In the first body opens to itself a big semicircular arch that corresponds with one of three accesses. Two pilasters that comprise two bodies and a small triangular pediment on these, in which he arranges a clock, distinguish this one front of the rest of housings.

Castle of Chodes: We know that in 1240 it belonged to Artal of Moon, therefore his construction is previous to the XIIIth century. To his feet towards the west, remains of the houses stay that Codees old man corresponds to the peblo , left in the XVIIth century when there was constructed actal nucleus that today we know as Chodes.

Chapel of Santa Barbara
Parochial church of Santa Ann
Palace Of a count
Urban plot
Urban development of the beginning of the XVIIIth century.

Bridge on the Landmark: The Capurnos bridge is located on Landmark, in the old way of Morata of Landmark to Chodes (region of Valdejalón, Saragossa). And it was ordered to construct by the count of Morata, gift Francisco Sanz Cortes, in 1675. It is a question of a work of engineering exceptionally showy and of big perfection, any of her of stone ashlar, with a reduced arch of approximately 20 meters of light for 8 high one, with tajamares on both sides. The access to the bridge does to itself across a few wide spaces of more than 20 meters long and with profile ridged, and the parapets are of sandy stone. It is well preserved.
For this population there circulates the footpath GR-90 Earths of the Moncayo and Iberian system Zaragozano. Following his trip we can admire the beautiful places in the Ravines of the river Landmark.

Holidays: During September 29 and 30 the holidays are celebrated major in honor of San Miguel Archangel. (ftes and text to see links)


I title: ORDER of March 26, 2007, of the Department of Education, Culture and Sport, for which there declares the so called «Bridge of Capurnos», placed in the terms policemen of Chodes and Morata of Landmark (Saragossa), as Well Catalogued of the Aragonese Cultural heritage.
... Primero.-Objeto.

It is an object of the present Order to declare Catalogued Good of Aragonese cultural heritage the so called «Bridge of Capurnos», placed in the municipal terms of Chodes and Morata of Landmark (Saragossa). The description and delimitation of the Good are gathered in Annexes I and II of this Order...

I ANNEX I

DESCRIPTION OF THE SO CALLED BRIDGE OF CAPURNOS, PLACED IN CHODES AND MORATA OF LANDMARK (SARAGOSSA)

. Francisco Sanz of Polite was a merchant and member of the lowest rank of the nobility zaragozano that in 1665 bought the Morata county to Ann Polonia Martínez of Moon, together with other possessions and qualifications like the county of Atarés and them dominions of Gotor and Illueca and later, in 1670, he was nominated a Marquess of Villaverde. In 1671 it hired foreman Juan of It marks so that it realized a palace in Morata of Landmark and small some years later, on April 20, 1675 and while works were continuing them in the palace, the same teacher signed the capitulations and concords with for the construction of the bridge that occupies us.

According to these the bridge had to be of stone and with an eye in arch of half a point with enough height to resist the avenues of Landmark. Soon the nobleman consulted with also teachers of works José Felipe de Busiñac and Borbón and Martín de Ortín on stone to be used for the construction of the bridge, to the ripeness given by Antonio Latorre, brother-in-law of Juan de Marca.

The bridge ashlar was constructed in stone and of only one arch and wide stirrups; his factory is very elegant, with ashlars well coffees with a dash of milk and squared but of irregular size. In plant Landmark observes the biggest development of the side placed in the right margin of the river what does not observe in the part of the bridge placed in the left margin of the river. The bicromía is interesting because along with the stone in his color red stone of red color used in the construction of parapet.

Close to the stirrup of the right margin a peirona observes of completely modern construction, although this does not remove so that it finds in the bad state, but that of course he reminds to other one of more ancient construction.

I ANNEX II...