The cathedral of Zaragoza owns an impressive collection of some 60 Gothic tapestries displayed in rotation in its Museo de Tapices. Exhibits include the Sailing Ships , the Crucifixion and the Passion . All are French or Flemish, woven in Arras o..

The Seo, or cathedral of Zaragoza, encompasses a range of architectural styles from Romanesque to Churriguresque, but it is the Gothic style which dominates here. Five naves of equal height lend an impressive appearance to this interior. The Gothic ..

An 11C Arab palace built by the Bennihud family, the Aljafería was redesigned for the kings of Aragon and later for the Catholic Monarchs. It was given over to use by the Inquisition before being turned into a barracks. It is divided around a rectang..

The present monument, Saragossa's second cathedral, was designed by Francisco Herrera the Younger around 1677. It is a quadrilateral, supported at regular intervals by buttresses and illuminated by a central dome. Cupolas, adorned with frescoes, some..

This museum has as its core the collections of historian José Camón Aznar (1898-1979) and his wife. Occupying a fine Renaissance palace, the Casa Alguilar , it displays a large selection of paintings from the 15C to the 20C, including El Greco’s Pe..

Like Valencia, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and other trading towns in the kingdom of Aragon, Saragossa in the 16C had a Commodities Exchange. These buildings, in transition from Gothic to plateresque, count among the finest examples of civil archite..

These two squares form a vast esplanade on the River Ebro and are the setting for Zaragosa’s finest monuments: the Basilica of Nuestra Señora del Pilar and the Seo or Cathedral of San Salvador . They are also a popular evening meeting point for th..

This Renaissance and Baroque palace and its remarkable patio are home to a museum devoted to the great Aragonese sculptor Pablo Gargallo. The artist, a friend of Picasso and Juan Gris and who spent his life between Barcelona and Paris, worked mainly ..