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A fortified town on the Jiloca river in Zaragoza province, where a Muslim castle in rammed earth, three mudéjar churches, and a medieval watchtower survive from more than a thousand years of layered history.

A city of Moorish castles, UNESCO-listed mudéjar towers, and Roman roots stretching back to the time of Augustus, standing in Zaragoza province as one of Aragón's most historically layered stops.

Longares, in Zaragoza province, is defined by a hall church of three equal-height naves and a Mudéjar tower that predates it, rising together as a quiet landmark of Aragonese brick craftsmanship.

A walled medieval town in Zaragoza province, its four Romanesque churches, 16th-century tunnel and 1639 monumental fountain marking it as one of Aragón's most historically layered stops.

A small Aragonese town in Zaragoza province, Mesones de Isuela holds a castle and a parish church dedicated to the Assumption within its municipal boundaries.

Birthplace of the controversial Pope Benedict XIII and seat of one of Aragón's great noble dynasties, Illueca rises above the Jalón valley with a castle-palace that spans mudéjar, Renaissance and baroque in a single building.

A town on the Jalón river in Zaragoza province where Celtiberian foundations, a Muslim-built castle, and a grand baroque church mark out more than two thousand years of continuous occupation.

A Jalón river town of Mudéjar towers, three castles, and Celtiberian roots deep enough to appear in the Roman road maps of Antonine, Ateca has been a crossroads of Aragón since long before Spain existed.

Belchite, in Zaragoza province, carries three thousand years of layered history, Celtiberian, Roman, Arab, and Aragonese, and its bombed-out old town stands today as one of Spain's most haunting and intact ruins.