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Country
  
Spain

Comarca
  
Campo de Gómara

Municipality
  
Arancón

Area
  
77.61 km²

Province
  
Province of Soria

Autonomous community
  
Castile and León

Judicial district
  
Soria

Elevation
  
1,065 m (3,494 ft)

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:34 AM

Area code
  
975

Arancón

Weather
  
5°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 73% Humidity

Hasta aranc n soria por el camino romano del agua


Arancón is a municipality in the province of Soria, Spain, located on the foot of the mountain range of El Almuerzo and Mount Cencejo. The localities that form it are Arancón, Tozalmoro, Omeñaca, Calderuela, Nieva de Calderuela and Cortos.

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Main sights

  • Roman road: Via 27 of Antonino, which united Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza) with Asturica Augusta" (Astorga).
  • Medieval source of La rana ("The Frog")
  • Two Roman milliarium are exposed in a public garden next to the Church. They were used during the Middle Ages to lay the foundations of a bridge. Arancón can be considered the milliarium capital in Soria. After the church there are another two milliarium.
  • Asunción romanesque church (Arancón)
  • Concepción church (Omeñaca)
  • Saint Bartholomew hermitage ruins

    • Economy

  • Culture of wheat, rye, barley and sunflower
  • Sheep cattle and pasture rent
  • Greater hunting boundary

    • Flora and fauna

    Flora includes holm-oak, rivets, steppe, tea, camomile, heather and lavender

    Wildlife include wild boar, red deer, roe deer, rabbit, hare and partridge

    References

    Arancón Wikipedia
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