Fréscano is a municipality of
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 ...
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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 so ...
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Spain
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. It is located near the
Huecha River, a tributary of the
Ebro
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. According to the 2010
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
the municipality has a population of 220 inhabitants. Its postal code is 50562.
History
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Burrén'' and ''Burrena'' are two 413 and 397 m high
breast-shaped hills located between Fréscano and
Mallén
Mallén is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census the municipality has a population of 3074 inhabitants. Its postal code is 50550.
Mallén is located close to Road N-232 in the Huecha Ri ...
, where there is an ancient
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
Urnfield culture
The Urnfield culture ( 1300 BC – 750 BC) was a late Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition. The name comes from the custom of cremating the dead and p ...
archaeological site.
Burrén. Parque Arqueológico de la Primera Edad del Hierro en Frescano
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Gallery
File:Frescano33.JPG, Fréscano bell tower with stork
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family called Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons a ...
nests
See also
*Campo de Borja
Campo de Borja is a ''comarca'' (district) in Aragon, Spain. It is located in the province of Zaragoza, in a transition area between the Iberian System of mountain ranges and the Ebro Valley. Its capital is Borja.
It is a wine-producing comarca, ...
*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
Fréscano, CAI AragonYacimiento arqueológico de BurrénBurrén y Burrena, las "dos teticas" con historia en Fréscano
Municipalities in the Province of Zaragoza
Campo de Borja
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