Iberians and Romans
With Iberianization, external influences increased, leading to a process of acculturation of the indigenous population. The potter’s wheel was introduced in the manufacture of ceramics, the techniques used in agriculture […]
Civil war, post-war and maquis
The wars of the 19th century made it very difficult to restructure the economic activity of Maestrazgo. In addition, the crisis made it impossible to make the necessary investment in […]
The Carlist Wars
Undoubtedly, another of the moments that have deeply marked the history of Maestrazgo were the Carlist wars of the nineteenth century. The events that took place in this territory brought […]
Baroque architecture
The baroque religious architecture of the XVII and XVIII centuries is the most numerous, reaching a high degree of artistic development, being the parochial temples, in general, of great and […]
Transhumance
Traditional livestock farming, mainly sheep, has been forced to make certain adaptations to the bioclimatic conditions of the environment. The most significant is the transhumance, practiced for centuries between the […]
The wool trade and the Renaissance
The sixteenth century and the first decades of the seventeenth century correspond to a period of splendor in the civil architecture of Maestrazgo. There are numerous examples of palaces and […]
The dry stone
Dry stone architecture is the other permanent element in the rural landscape of these highlands. Kilometers of stone walls furrow the whole Maestrazgo, since nature was prodigal in this constructive […]
Farmhouses and fortified towers
The farmhouses are the most representative rural constructions of Maestrazgo, symbol of traditional ways of life, of a peculiar way of agricultural exploitation of the territory and of adaptation to […]
Templars and Sanjuanistas in the Maestrazgo region
It is the Middle Ages that forged the historical personality of Maestrazgo. In the late 12th and early 13th centuries this territory was incorporated into the kingdom of Aragon, becoming […]
The passage of El Cid Campeador
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar is one of the best known characters of the Spanish Middle Ages. Evidence of the passage of El Cid through the Maestrazgo region can be seen […]
Early settlers and Levantine rock art
The Levantine Rock Art in Aragon (between 6000 and 2500 B.C.) is a unique cultural manifestation that corresponds to a society of hunter-gatherers, and later farmers, who inhabited the main […]
The age of the Dinosaurs
In the Maestrazgo region there are two Paleontological Zones declared Sites of Cultural Interest in the category of Sites of Cultural Interest by Decree 20/2003, of January 28, 2003, of […]
Traditions and Popular Festivals
The popular culture of Maestrazgo is closely linked to the economy and society that developed in these highlands, where nature and climate impose their presence constantly. In spring the pilgrimages […]
Maestrazgo Cultural Park
The Maestrazgo Cultural Park is configured around the Guadalope River and its tributaries, covering 43 municipalities spread over six counties in the province of Teruel: Maestrazgo, Andorra – Sierra de […]
Historic sites
The Maestrazgo region has a large number of Assets of Cultural Interest. Eight of the sixteen municipalities that make up the region have the category of Historic-Artistic Ensemble. All the […]