Aragon Guide

The Zaragoza History Centre is located in the ancient San Agustin convent, which formed part of the city's defence line in the famous "Sitios" or Sieges in 1808 and 1809, during the Peninsula War. The Convent of San Agustín was built at the end of the 13th century, remaining and the subsequent transformed into military barracks around the middle of the 19th century.

The Zaragoza History Centre has been designed as a space offering historical information, whilst, at the same time, bearing very much in mind the city's future perspectives. We have sought to present information in an innovative, interesting way, aiming to become a point of reference on Zaragoza's historical patrimony.
The Centre presents the evolution of the city of Zaragoza thematically, using state of the art technologies, giving a total vision and insight into the city from a historical, patrimonial, town-planning, cultural and tourist perspective.

The Centre is structured around four exhibition floors which, in turn, are divided into different rooms that show, from a historical point of view, aspects which have marked the time, space and life of the city of Zaragoza. The visit begins in the basement, which is the former crypt of the church of San Agustín, with the Time Navigator and an audiovisual presentation explaining the time concept.

After this, visitors take the lift or walk up the main stairs to the second floor to visit the following rooms: The City of Water: the Ebro, Gállego and Huerva rivers and the Imperial Canal of Aragón as active agents in the development of Zaragoza; The City of Roads, showing the origins of the city's privileged location; The City of Markets, a chance to discover how the city received and distributed supplies and provisions; and The City of Governments, devoted to the historical development of the city's governments.