The Mudéjar Towns of Aragón
Brick towers, glazed tile and painted timber: the architecture Muslim craftsmen built for Christian Aragón, and the quiet towns where it survives.
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Aragón
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UNESCO listed the Mudejar architecture of Aragón as a group rather than a single monument, which tells you how to see it: drive between the towns. Teruel has the towers, Daroca the walls, Calatayud a whole street of brick churches, and none of them is busy. Go in spring or autumn, because the interior here is freezing in winter and punishing in August.
7 places
La Seo (San Salvador) Cathedral
An architectural layer-cake of styles from Romanesque to Mudéjar, with a first-rate tapestry museum.
Daroca
A long medieval wall you can walk, around a town that was never rebuilt for visitors.
Calatayud
The densest run of Mudejar towers in Aragón, in a town with no visitor infrastructure at all.
Tarazona
A cathedral with a painted dome and almost no visitors, on the border of three old kingdoms.
Zaragoza
A historic city bridging Madrid and Barcelona, notable for its grand basilica and distinct Mudéjar architectural heritage
Teruel
The capital of Mudejar brickwork, four tiled towers strong, and almost nobody goes.
Teruel Mudéjar Towers
A group of 12th-to-16th-century Mudéjar-style brick towers in the town of Teruel, a UNESCO World Heritage designation.
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