135 curiosities to discover
Juslibol Hills Viewpoint
Aragon, Spain
From this height above the steep sandy cliffs you look out over a loop of the Ebro and the…
Puente de la Unión
Aragon, Spain
This 1989 bridge, also called Puente de las Fuentes, links the Las Fuentes and Vadorrey…
San Miguel Square
Aragon, Spain
This busy square in the old centre is dominated by the brick church of San Miguel de los…
Salamero Square
Aragon, Spain
This central square is still popularly called Plaza del Carbón, after the coal trade once…
San Pedro Nolasco Square
Aragon, Spain
This intimate square in the heart of the old centre lies where the streets San Jorge, San…
Coso Street
Aragon, Spain
This broad street roughly follows the line of the old Roman city wall and has been a main…
Calle Mayor
Aragon, Spain
This ancient street partly follows the Roman main axis (the decumanus) through the old centre.…
Espoz y Mina Street
Aragon, Spain
This short, narrow street connects Calle de Alfonso I with Calle de Don Jaime I. The tall…
Paseo de Sagasta
Aragon, Spain
This wide avenue between Plaza de Aragón and Torrero is Zaragoza's modernist promenade.…
Bruil Park
Aragon, Spain
This is one of Zaragoza's oldest and greenest parks, laid out by banker Juan Faustino Bruil.…
Tío Jorge Park
Aragon, Spain
This sprawling park of more than 15 hectares lies on the left bank of the Ebro, in the Arrabal…
Church of Our Lady of Altabás
Aragon, Spain
In the Arrabal district across the Ebro stands this twin-towered parish church, built between…
Botanical Garden of Zaragoza
Aragon, Spain
Inside Parque Grande lies this botanical garden, devoted above all to the flora of Aragón.…
Plaza de Ariño
Aragon, Spain
This small square beside Calle Don Jaime I grew up next to the palace of the Counts of Ariño,…
IAACC Pablo Serrano
Aragon, Spain
You spot this museum at once by its gleaming oval extension that seems to float like a ship…
EMOZ – Zaragoza Origami School Museum
Aragon, Spain
On the upper floor of the former convent of San Agustín you find the first origami museum in…
Multicaja-Zaragoza Sundial
Aragon, Spain
At the edge of the Parque de Oriente by the Ebro stands the world's largest sundial,…
Fountain of the Unbelievers
Aragon, Spain
This neoclassical stone fountain from 1786 stands beside the Canal Imperial de Aragón in the…
Larrinaga Palace
Aragon, Spain
This fairytale palace was built around 1900 by shipowner Miguel Larrinaga out of love for his…
Former Municipal Slaughterhouse (Salvador Allende Civic Centre)
Aragon, Spain
This brick complex from the 1880s was once the municipal slaughterhouse and is regarded as an…
Pignatelli Building
Aragon, Spain
This sprawling palace began in the 18th century as the Real Casa de Misericordia, a poorhouse…
Casa Juncosa
Aragon, Spain
On the Paseo de Sagasta you see the modernist façade of this early twentieth-century town…
Former Mercantile Casino
Aragon, Spain
Behind the modernist façade on the Coso, with floral garlands and plant motifs by architect…
Arrabal neighbourhood
Aragon, Spain
On the left bank of the Ebro you walk through one of the city's oldest quarters, once home…