Aragon Guide

Auditorium Congress Palace - This building of truly great proportions was built in 1994 from the design of Manuel Perez Latorre. It has a portico raised on pillars of great height and houses an ample complez of modern facilities with capacity for ten thousand people. It is a pioneer for its versatility, handling concerts, ...

Christian Palace & Throne Room - Moving upstairs, you pass through rooms of the Palacio Mudéjar, added by Christian rulers in the 12th to 14th centuries, then to the Catholic Monarchs' palace, which, as though by way of riposte to the Muslim finery below, contains some exquisite Mudéjar coffered ceilings, especially ...

Don Pedro de Luna Palace - Zaragoza blossomed in the 16th century. This striking palace is an example of the power of the nobility. It is also called Condes de Morata Palace and was built on the Roman wall. The front entrance, with its rounded arch and beautiful decorations is of especial interest, flanked by two figures of ...

Real Maestranza Palace - Headquarters of the Royal Armoured Calvary since 1912. It was commissioned by the jurist Miguel Donlope, and was not finished until the last quarter of the 16th century. Its façade presents features that would become commonly seen in these buildings, such as a semicircular arch, three ...

Sastago Palace - A renaissance edifice, built between 1570 and a1574 by Don Artal de Alagon, third Count of Sastago and Viceroy of Aragon. Of note is its sober brick front, somewhat modified from the original, and the slender columns of the courtyard, one of the most elegant and harmonious of those still preserved ...

Torrero Palace - Recently rehabilitated as the headquarters of the College of Architects, the house of the Torrero family is one of the oldest of its era in the city (1500). The most important parts of the original are preserved in their original condition; (upper balconies and eaves the plan of the building and ...