Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Guided tour text - Ciudadela and Rapitan Fort

From this place, we can see two of the most important monuments in Jaca, the Ciudadela and the Rapitan fort.
The Ciudadela or Saint Peter's Castle was built in XVIth Century and it's a pentagonal construction with defensive walls. As you can see it's a very singular and wonderful construction.
Now it's a symbol of the city of Jaca. You will see it another day.
Look at the mountain over there, it's the Rapitan Fort, a military building located at the entrance to the Aragon valley, this element made it defensively very important.It was started in 1884 and finished at the begining of the twentieth Century .
From this point you can see this mountain, it is called Collarada and itś 2886 metres above the sea level.

2 comments:

  1. Why are there two forts? Who were they defending against?

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  2. Altitude here? and Rapitán? Collarada?
    Aragón named after the river.

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