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Épila is a municipality in the province of
Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...
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Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
, Spain. Its population in 2005 was approximately 4,100. The Santuario de la Virgen de Rodanas is located in the
Sierra de Nava Alta Sierra de Nava Alta or Sierra de la Nava Alta is a mountain range in the Valdejalón comarca, Aragon, Spain, located west of the A-121 road, between Fuendejalón and Ricla and east of Tierga and Mesones de Isuela. Geography The ridge's highest s ...
, west of Épila town. The road to the sanctuary from Épila is not paved.


Personalities

John I of Castile John I ( es, Juan I; 24 August 1358 – 9 October 1390) was King of Castile and León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II and of his wife Juana Manuel of Castile. Biography His first marriage, to Eleanor of Aragon on 18 June 1375, ...
was born in Épila.


Photogallery

File:'El Cautivico'.JPG, "El Cautivico" in Santa María la Mayor church File:Ermita de Maria magdalena.JPG, Romanesque chapel File:Épila - Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor 02.JPG, Santa María la Mayor church


See also

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List of municipalities in Zaragoza This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Zaragoza (Saragossa in English) in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. There are 293 municipalities in the province. See also List of Aragonese comarcas. See also *Geography of ...


References


External links

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