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Data of the Town |
The Almolda |
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Town |
The Almolda |
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Municipality |
The Almolda / Region: The Monegros |
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Province |
Saragossa |
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Community |
Aragon |
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Habt. / Ine 2004 |
638 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Square of Spain, 9 |
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ZIP code |
50178 |
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Phone |
976171601 |
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Fax |
976171735 |
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Office Tourism |
To contact with telf. quoted |
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Official web |
The Almolda |
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Web of Interest |
The Almolda rural and cultural tourism |
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E-mail municipality |
almolda@dpz.es |
The Almolda, crossing of ways of the Monegros from the epoch of the Romans that well Roman roadway could be furrowed by one from Gelsa and Velilla in direction of Huesca and up to Pony.
Located on the foot of the spurs of the Saw of Alcubierre where Quiteria changes this name into that of Saint's Saw by virtue of the chapel that gets up in the top and from the one that can be enjoyed a splendid scenery Monegrino.
INFORMATION OF THE LOCALITY
Name: almoldense or almoldano
Inhabitants: 638
Altitude: 491 m
Extension: 130 km2
It distances Saragossa: 63 km
District Saragossa
Region: Monegros
The Town preserves inside and out of his helmet buildings that reveal his past, from houses of such members of the lowest rank of the nobility like the Fats of 1.580 time the most ancient house of the Town, the Andréu of the XVIIth century, Prior that with his brick arches they form a nice set architectural, the House County Aranda-Híjar, and others houses - palaces.
The religious architecture is headed by the singular Church parochial of Our Lady of La Luz, Gothic late of the XVIth century, although reformed completely centuries later. In the highest level he emphasizes the Saint's chapel Quitería, of big devotion on the part of the communities, from her we contemplate unbeatable conference of the place of the area.
Other chapels exist in the locality, standing out that of San Antonio and of the Prop, dated in the XVIth century; and that of Saint John of recent construction, XXth century. Finally, it is necessary to add temple of the Holy Spirit, work of the XVIth century constructed as new cemetery.
Also it is of mentioning a raft of Roman origin, The Well of Val who was supplying of water the locality. In a nearby raft it was obtaining the ice in the winter, being stored in a snowfield that more late would be used in the summer.
On the hill that it shelters to the locality they preside at the remains of that the castle dated in the Xth and XIth centuries was .
The management holidays are famous for his Dance traditionally: dance almoldano it comes from the pastoradas, which were struggles warlike between the shepherds in those who were using long clubs to fight for the discords that were supporting between them for grasslands of the cattle. (ftes and text to see links)