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La Seo Cathedral-- part of the World Heritage Site Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon; gothic high altar in polychrome alabaster by Pere Johan (1394/1397 - after 1458) [4]; El Pilar Basilica-- high altar in alabaster by Damián Forment (1515–1518), frescoes by Francisco de Goya [5]
Zaragoza (Spanish: [θaɾaˈɣoθa] ⓘ) also known in English as Saragossa, [a] [5] is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego , roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin.
As of 2024, Spain has 50 total sites inscribed on the list, which is the fifth largest number of sites per country, only behind Italy (60), China (59), Germany (54), and France (53). [5] Of these 50 sites, 44 are cultural, 4 are natural, and 2 are mixed (meeting both cultural and natural criteria), as determined by the organization's selection ...
It is part of the World Heritage Site Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon. The cathedral is located on the Plaza de la Seo and is commonly known as La Seo (Aragonese for "see") to distinguish it from the nearby El Pilar, whose name (pillar) is a reference to an apparition of Mary in Zaragoza. They both share co-cathedral status in metropolitan ...
Capitals in the Taifal palace. The construction of the palace, mostly completed between 1065 and 1081, [4] was ordered by Abú Ja'far Ahmad ibn Sulaymán al-Muqtadir Billah, known by his honorary title of al-Muqtadir (the powerful), the second monarch of the Banu Hud dynasty, as a symbol of the power achieved by the Taifa of Zaragoza in the second half of the 11th century.
The Museo Goya - Colección Ibercaja - Museo Camón Aznar is a fine arts museum in Zaragoza, Spain. It opened in 1979 under the name Museo Camón Aznar, after the art collector from the city who had contributed the nucleus of its collection. It houses also a collection of paintings and engravings by Francisco Goya. [1]
Zaragoza Museum (Spanish - Museo de Zaragoza) is a national museum in the Plaza de los Sitios in the city of Zaragoza in Spain. Its collections range from the Lower Palaeolithic to the modern era and include archaeology, fine arts, ethnology and Iberian ceramics.
The Plaza of Our Lady of the Pillar (in Spanish: Plaza de Nuestra Señora del Pilar or simply Plaza del Pilar) is one of the busiest popular places in Zaragoza, Spain. In it is the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, where the homonymous Marian invocation is venerated. It is known by the nickname of "El salón de la ciudad" (in ...