After leaving Nuévalos we enjoyed seeing semi-arid agricultural landscapes (📷1) before joining motorways bound for the metropolitan sprawl of Zaragoza. Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar is the city’s defining landmark, a huge baroque basilica with domes overlooking the Ebro, seen here behind 15th C. bridge of Puente de Piedra (📷2); the Romans had also bridged the Ebro here when the town was known as Caesaraugusta. The 11th C. Islamic Aljafería Palace is part of the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragón UNESCO listing (📷3); it was unfortunately closed for siesta when we arrived—having been caught out a few times by this already! La Seo Cathedral | Cathedral of the Saviour is also part of the UNESCO listing, being built atop the Roman forum & serving as a mosque—evident in its exterior Mudéjar wall (📷4)—before expansion as a Christian cathedral; the interior (€) mixes Romanesque, Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance & Baroque styles. 

🇪🇸 #spain #aragon 🇪🇺 #europe 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🌍 #unesco 🏛️ #roman

Monasterio de Piedra near Nuévalos is a former monastery (now part ruin & part hotel) & Romantic landscaped park containing trees, waterfalls & caves along the Piedra River; this is Cascada la Caprichosa (📷1). The combination of Cascade Cola de Caballo (📷2) with Gruta Iris behind its curtain (📷3), reached via a staircase cut into the cliff, was easily the highlight. Some of the scenery was decidedly more tranquil, but no less dramatic (📷4). Visiting the ruin of Santa Maria de Piedra is included in the entry ticket; it was occupied by Cistercian monks from 1218 CE for 617 years, until confiscated by the Spanish Government in 1835 & coming into private ownership. Within the ruin there’s a museum about wine making & exhibit on the introduction of chocolate to Europe. NB. The site reopened a year ago after severe flood damage in late 2024; it’s mass tourism-oriented, so an early start helps avoid the crowds.

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El PSOE carga contra los pactos PP-Vox en Extremadura y Aragón: denuncia políticas excluyentes y promete frenarlas tras elegir a Álvaro Sánchez Cotrina. https://aidoo.news/noticia/620Lbb

#España #DerechosHumanos #Inmigración #Aragón #Democracia

El PSOE carga contra los pactos PP-Vox en Extremadura y Aragón: denuncia políticas excluyentes y promete frenarlas tras elegir a Álvaro Sánchez Cotrina. https://aidoo.news/noticia/620Lbb

#España #DerechosHumanos #Inmigración #Aragón #Democracia

Vía Rebelión o Extinción Zaragoza:

Aún con los pelos de punta por todo lo que vivimos en el Congreso Pirenaico Canal Roya. 💚

Gracias a todas las personas que participasteis, la inteligencia colectiva, la ciencia y el amor por la Canal Roya estuvieron presentes este fin de semana.

Seguimos, Canal Roya Parque Natural.

#Aragón #CanalRoya

🏛️ ■ Revuelo con los pactos PP-Vox: "Algo falla cuando tenemos que enfatizar que cumpliremos la ley" ■ El PP logra gobernar en Extremadura y Aragón pero sufre para explicar las cesiones a Vox en materia migratoria. En Génova creen que explotarán el tema para "entrar" en la campaña andaluza.
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/politica/revuelo-pp-algo-falla-enfatizar-cumpliremos-leybr-f202604.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD

#extremadura #vox #politica #partidopopular(pp) #aragon

Vox ordena a sus grupos municipales retar al PP con la “prioridad nacional” en los ayuntamientos

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://elpais.com/espana/2026-04-25/vox-ordena-a-sus-grupos-municipales-retar-al-pp-con-la-prioridad-nacional-en-los-ayuntamientos.html

Concentración contra el establecimiento de la pena de muerte para las personas palestinas acusadas de "terrorismo"

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://arainfo.org/concentracion-contra-el-establecimiento-de-la-pena-de-muerte-para-las-personas-palestinas/

FAPAR denuncia las “contradicciones” del acuerdo PP-Vox en educación y alerta de un modelo “que favorece la privatización”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://arainfo.org/fapar-denuncia-las-contradicciones-del-acuerdo-pp-vox-en-educacion-y-alerta-de-un-modelo-que-favorece-la-privatizacion/

From Aranjuez when began our journey NE towards Zaragoza, noting changes in the landscape once we had escaped the spaghetti junctions, slow traffic & industrialized zones in Madrid’s orbit. We saw red earth in the hills near Medinaceli (📷1) & green fields further along the A-2 near Arcos de Jalón (📷2), both in the Castile & León region. Crossing into Aragón we came to the spa town of Alhama de Aragón, a name derived from Arabic, although its thermal springs were known in Roman times (📷3). A bridge crossing on Embalse de la Tranquera | Tranquillity Reservoir, which certainly lives up to its name, as we approached pitch in Nuévalos (📷4).

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