Ascara is a Spanish town that is in the municipality of

Jaca Jaca (; in Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón River, situated at the crossing of two great ea ...

La Jacetania La Jacetania ( an, A Chacetania; french: Jacétanie) is a comarca in northern Aragon, Spain. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Huesca and Zaragoza provinces. The administrative capital is Jaca, with 13,374 inhabitants the largest ...

, Province of Huesca,

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. According to the 2013 census there are 57 inhabitants. It sits a bit east of the

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. The first mention of the village is in 1027. It belonged to the

Monastery of San Adrian de Sasabe Sasabe (or Sasave), a small place near Jaca in Huesca province, Aragon region, Spain is an ermitage that became a former semi-itinerant bishopric and is now a Latin Catholic titular see. Ecclesiastical history The Ermita de San Adrián de Sasa ...

. It was included in the municipality of Abay from 1844 to 1963, when it joined the

municipality. There are a few festivals and traditions throughout the year, all related to religion.

Architecture

The parish church was built in the 16th century, using a

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style. The church was renovated in the

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period. The main street is lined with typical European architecture or the 16th & 17th centuries.

References

Populated places in the Province of Huesca Towns in Spain {{huesca-geo-stub