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Data of the Town |
Torrellas |
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Town |
Torrellas |
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Municipality |
Torrellas / Region: Tarazona and the Moncayo |
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Province |
Saragossa |
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Community |
Aragon |
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Habt. / Ine 2004 |
304 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Major square, s/n |
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ZIP code |
50512 |
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Phone |
976199210 |
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Fax |
976199211 |
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Office Tourism |
To contact with telf. quoted |
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Official web |
Torrellas |
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Web of Interest |
Torrellas information and culture |
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E-mail municipality |
torrella@dpz.es |
The Torrellas locality is placed in the region of Tarazona and the Moncayo to 87 km from Saragossa. His municipal term includes an extension of 2,6 km2 and his population is registered in 305 inhabitants. The name is torrellano.
In Torrellas we find the parochial church dedicated to St Martin that there preserves the low body of the ancient mosque, in spite of the reform that he suffered in the XVIIth century to adapt itself to the cult Christian. On the other hand, the Biggest square is, constructed by means of with porticoes and stones big houses. It is possible to qualify of picturesque.
Sights
Castle
Center of Interpretation of the Moslem culture of the region of Moncayo
Set of the Biggest Square
Chapel of San Sebastian: Botanical garden Bernardo de Cienfuegos.
Parochial church of St Martin of Tours
it counts with Center of Interpretation The Trace of the Islam, which allows us to approach the Moslem legacy that impregnates the region. The Trace of Islam is an explanatory space integrated to the current church of Torrellas, which was one more singular mosque five hundred years ago
On September 14 the traditional "mulillas" are celebrated: this one holiday consists of a cakes collection for the streets of locality. The name of the tradition corresponds to the way in which cakes were gathered, since the young boys were accompanied by a mule, that today has been replaced with ornate tractors (fte and texts to see links)