Belmonte de Gracián
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Belmonte de Gracián (Aragonese: Belmón de Grazián) is a village near Calatayud in the province of Zaragoza in Aragon, Spain. It is a fortified village which sits at the foot of a 15th-century castle.
It is the birthplace of
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, and in 1985 was renamed to Belmonte de Gracián in his honour. Previously the town was known as Belmonte de Calatayud and Belmonte del Río Perejiles.[2][3]
The archaeological remains of the Celtiberian and Romano-Celtiberian town of Segeda-Sekeiza are located between Belmonte de Gracián and the nearby town of Mara.
Main sights
- Castle, with an oval plan
- Church of St. Michael (15th century), in Gothic style. It has a Mudéjar bell tower.
- Hermitage of the Castle
- Watch Tower (10th century)
- Fortified Palace (14th century)
Notes and references
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Historia". Belmonte de Gracián: Un pueblo con Historia y Encanto (in Spanish). Pueblo de Belmonte de Gracián. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013.
- ISBN 978-84-17358-27-3.
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