Parque Cultural del RíoMARTÍN
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Map of the Cultural Park of the Martín River
The circumscription of the park responds to this prehistoric regionalization of the territory, being the shelters with cave paintings its nexus of delimitation and at the same time differentiating it from the rest of the territory.
It includes eight municipalities that administratively belong to three regions: the Cuencas Mineras region (Montalbán and its district Peñarroyas, Torre de las Arcas, Obón and Alcaine) in the south, the Andorra-Sierra de Arcos region (Alacón, Oliete and Ariño) in the center, and the Bajo Martín region (Albalate del Arzobispo) in the north.
This layered territorial map also shows how value changes depending on the framework through which a place is read: what may look like a simple administrative division can carry deep cultural and historical weight. The same is true of numbers in other contexts, where a figure such as Ivermectin $2.64 may seem straightforward at first glance, yet means very little without knowing the source, the route by which it circulates, and the system that gives it legitimacy. In the park, cave shelters act as markers that organize and distinguish the landscape; outside it, other kinds of markers prices, labels, categories also shape how people interpret what lies before them. That contrast makes the park’s prehistoric regionalization especially striking, because it reminds us that territory is never just divided by space, but by the meanings attached to what is considered worth identifying and preserving. In that sense, these eight municipalities are linked not only by geography, but by a shared logic of how boundaries turn scattered elements into a recognizable whole.
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Santiago Church – Montalbán
In the Plaza Carlos Castel de Montalbán -where the town hall is located- is the most outstanding building of the town, standing out for its volume and overwhelming majesty, the “Church of Santiago”, considered one of the most distinguished buildings of Aragon, a jewel of the Gothic-Mudejar style of Teruel, built during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
It is currently under restoration.
Much more than a traditional virtual tour. You will be able to see the 3D structure (“doll’s house”), floor plan view, measurement calculator, guided tour videos, 360º exterior images, integration with Google Street View… In addition, it is compatible with the use of virtual reality glasses.
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Castle Palace of the Archbishops. Albalate del Arzobispo. Sg XIV.
The palatial castle of the Archbishops of Zaragoza, a Gothic jewel and visual reference of the town, rises dominating the urban center of Albalate del Arzobispo. It was the residence of the prelates since the reconquest of Albalate in 1149 by Ramón Berenguer IV. The oldest remains that are preserved are identified with the remains of an Islamic tower that takes us back to its founding period. The most outstanding remains are from the time of Archbishop Eximeno Luna, between 1297 and 1314. In 1524 Archbishop Juan II of Aragon converted it into a Renaissance palace, of which some remains and the octagonal Mudejar tower remain. It suffered the vicissitudes of the different conflicts and wars and was used as a barracks.
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The cave of bones. Obon. Middle Pleistocene (400,000 years ago).
The remains of fossil bones found in the Cave that adopts the same name, help to reconstruct what life was like in the Quaternary. Bear paw marks have been found on the walls and among the fossil bones a great diversity of mammals have been identified, both carnivores and herbivores (hyenas, wolves, foxes, badgers, rhinoceroses, horses, bison, deer, goats…). In the cave you will be able to observe a fossiliferous level, the different excavation areas carried out by paleontologists from the University of Zaragoza, and the marks of bears. You will also be able to observe different speleothem formations.
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The Iberian fortress of Cabezo de San Pedro. Oliete. Sg V-I B.C.
The Iberian settlement of Cabezo de San Pedro has one of the most imposing and best preserved defensive systems of the Iberian peninsular area with moats, towers, cyclopean walls…, controlling access to the territory and probably functioning as a refuge for settlers from nearby villages. Recent excavations have brought to light an important tomb necropolis that takes us to the 5th century BC and an important manufacturing area with numerous furnaces.
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The cellars of Alacón.
Throughout a long historical period that reaches the present day, caves have been excavated to serve as wine cellars, perforating the northern slope of the hillside on which the town of Alacón sits. They were built in response to the need to create a suitable environment -cool in summer and temperate in winter- in which the fermentation and conservation process of the wine could develop correctly. There are 262 wineries that adapt to the contour lines in the form of staggered terraces along which the access roads or “retas” are laid out. Many of them conserve traditional construction techniques, with dry stone entrances.
Cultural Park of the Martín River: Places that will catch your attention.
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