Muel is a municipality located 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 ...
,
Aragon
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,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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. According to the 2004
census
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(
INE
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), the municipality has a population of 1,142 inhabitants.
There are ruins of
ancient Iberian
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settlements located within Muel's municipal term. These are known as Cabezo La Torre I and Cabezo La Torre II.
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In the 16th century it was inhabited by Morisco
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s (baptized descendants of Muslims).
The only Old Christians
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were the priest, the notary and the owner of the tavern-inn. "The rest would rather go in a pilgrimage to Mecca
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than Santiago de Compostela
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."
Geografía de la España morisca
', page 106, ''Biblioteca de Estudios Moriscos'', Henry Lapeyre
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, Universitat de València
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, 2011, , 9788437084138. It quotes Enrique Cock
Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin.
Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Du ...
, ''Relación del viaje hecho por Felipe III en 1585 a Zaragoza, Barcelona y Valencia'', Madrid, 1876, page 314
See also
*Campo de Cariñena
Campo de Cariñena is a comarca in central Aragon, Spain. It is located in the province of Zaragoza, in the transitional area between the Iberian System and the Ebro Valley. The most important town is Cariñena.
It is a traditional wine-producin ...
*List of municipalities in Zaragoza
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See also List of Aragonese comarcas.
See also
*Geography of ...
References
External links
Muel
Municipalities in the Province of Zaragoza
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