The municipality of Aragon that stands out by size: exceeds Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia
On any day, when touring the streets and squares of Knights Axis, it is easy to think that we are in one more town. However, its municipal term covers almost 610 square kilometers, an extension that eclipses even many better known municipalities in Spain.
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While visitors focus on monuments and gastronomy, what really surprises – and goes unnoticed – is their immense territory, a curious fact that deserves to be rediscovered by all. Counting what axis of the gentlemen hides in their urban nucleus an intimate beauty is as true as pointing out that this nucleus is just the tip of a vast iceberg.
Its history, its alquerías, its medieval legacies … they disperse harmoniously into a space that is often not valued as it should. Precisely, in a country where the big is high in height, it is also convenient to highlight the great extension, and in that, Ejea has little to envy large cities such as Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia.
Ejea de los Caballeros, the largest municipality in Aragon (after Zaragoza)
A municipality formed by several locations
What to see on the Ejea de los Caballeros
How to get to Ejea de los Caballeros
Ejea de los Caballeros, the largest municipality in Aragon (after Zaragoza)
With an area of approximately 615 kilometers square, axis of the gentlemen is positioned as the second largest municipality in Aragon, only behind the municipality of Saragossa.
The municipal term is not a homogeneous space, but a unique population mosaic
To put it in perspective, it exceeds in size Spanish cities: Madrid (602km²), Barcelona (101km²) or Valencia (134km²) in urban terms and, in the case of the metropolitan areas of Valencia that group about 629km², it is at the same time. Despite this, Ejea continues to be little known outside Aragon.
A municipality formed by several locations
The municipal term is not a homogeneous space, but a unique population mosaic. In addition to the Central Villa, Ejea de los Caballeros integrates eight population centers: Bardenas, El Bayo, El Sabinar, Farasdués, Pinsoro, Rivas, Santa Anastasia and Valareña.
These are historical villages (such as Rivas or Farasdués) and settlements that emerged in the 50s and 60s, associated with the development of irrigation after the construction of the YESA reservoir and the Bardenas channel. This territorial plurality is part of the attractiveness of the town.
What to see on the Ejea de los Caballeros
Patrimonial set
The Historic Center stands out for Romanesque jewels such as the Church of Santa María de la Corona and the Romanesque-Gothic transition of San Salvador with its sixteenth century portal. Another unmissable is its rural landscape, as traveling the roads between the districts reveals an agrarian environment reinforced by large areas of dry dryland and irrigation (more than 38,000 hectares in total).
The Historic Center stands out for Romanesque jewels such as the Church of Santa María de la Corona. Photo: Ejea City Council
Another indispensable point of knowing Ejea de los Caballeros is the church of the Virgen de la Oliva, the medieval wall and the queen’s tower.
Parties
As a great tourist claim, their traditional festivals are raised. Throughout the year, four festivities are held, being the festivities in honor of Our Lady of the Virgen de la Oliva Las Patronals. These begin on the last weekend of August and there are nine days with an extensive program in which the diversity of playful acts stands out: bullfighting fair, concerts …
His other festivities coincide with San Juan (June 24) and continue until the nearest weekend, when the town returns to the Middle Ages during these days and highlights the medieval fair among its many activities.
The water festivities and the feast of the vote are other of the great tourist claims, celebrating the weekend after Easter and January 14, respectively.
How to get to Ejea de los Caballeros
This town, capital of the region of the five villas, is located one hour by car from Zaragoza and 74 kilometers away. To reach the destination from the Aragonese capital you have to take the A-126 and A-127. For this route, we must bear in mind that it is a road with tolls.
From Huesca, the tour does not last just an hour taking the A-23, A-1209, A-124 and A-125 until you reach Ejea de los Caballeros. Teruel It is the furthest city, so the shortest route lasts two and a half hours and you have to take the A-23 to Villanueva de Gállego. From there, continue on the A-102 until you reach Ejea de los Caballeros.
Capital of the five villas, Ejea de los Caballeros offers an architectural, cultural and extension variety that makes it a mandatory stop if it is thinking of a tourist destination in Aragon.
