Often the history forgets from unjust form to essential personages in the development of the culture and the politics of his Time. D. Pedro de Luna was born in Illueca in 1328 and was one of the most excellent protagonists of his epoch. His well-known history goes back beyond the XIIIth century. The name of Benedicto XIII went down in history with

The Town like frontier territory of the Kingdom of Aragon, has forged his history across the tolerance and the cultural symbiosis.

The CASTLE - PALACE occupies the highest level of the Town, placed on a rocky spur. There the childhood of the Pope passed Moon, and there they turned his remains, when dead person, but according to the tradition and the chronicles of the epoch, for ups and downs of the War of Independence, the remains of Benedicto XIII, they went to stop the Rio Aranda, and it was possible only to recover the skull. HE VISITS:

MONUMENTAL STAIRS
GOLDEN ROOM
PRIVATE BEDROOM
MAUSOLEUM
ROOM OF THE CROWN
OTHER STAYS
LOCATION

The castle - palace is today one of the best hostelries:
Social Lounge has 27 rooms, Restaurant à la carte, Dining room, snack bar, rooms of meetings and congresses with capacity of up to 100 persons.

The city center is small, with streets narrow and raised in that raise buildings of one or two apartments. There emphasizes it house - palace of the family Saldaña, with a baroque front of brick and nice Aragonese rejerías in the windows.

Sights:

Church of Saint John Bautista
Historical houses of Illueca
Chapel of the Virgin of the Saw
Convent (Gotor)

He eats up very well proving typical gastronomy in:
Inn The Castilian: Pº Marcelino Andaluz Vergara, s/n Tfno: 976 82 14 59
Restaurant Benedicto XIII: Benedicto XIII, 58 Tfno: 976 82 22 40