Belmonte de Gracián
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Belmonte de Gracián (Aragonese: ''Belmón de Grazián'') is a village near
Calatayud Calatayud (; 2014 pop. 20,658) is a municipality in the Province of Zaragoza, within Aragón, Spain, lying on the river Jalón, in the midst of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range. It is the second-largest town in the province after the capital, ...
in the
province of Zaragoza Zaragoza (), also called Saragossa in English,''Encyclopædia Britannica''Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)/ref> is a province of northern Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Aragon. Its capital is Zaragoza, which is also t ...
in Aragon, Spain. It is fortified village which sits at the foot of a 15th-century castle. It is the birthplace of Baltasar Gracián y Morales. The archaeological remains of the Celtiberian and Romano-Celtiberian town of Segeda-Sekeiza are located between Belmonte de Gracián and the nearby town of Mara.


Main sights

*Castle, with an oval plan *Church of St. Michael (15th century), in Gothic style. It has a
Mudéjar Mudéjar ( , also , , ca, mudèjar , ; from ar, مدجن, mudajjan, subjugated; tamed; domesticated) refers to the group of Muslims who remained in Iberia in the late medieval period despite the Christian reconquest. It is also a term for ...
bell tower. *Hermitage of the Castle *Watch Tower (10th century) *Fortified Palace (14th century)


References

Municipalities in the Province of Zaragoza {{Zaragoza-geo-stub