Demonym(s) ejeano (m), ejeana (f) Population 16,870 (2014) Team SD Ejea | Autonomous community Aragón Elevation 318 m (1,043 ft) Area 609.9 km² Local time Tuesday 8:56 PM Province Zaragoza | |
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Villages Ejea de los Caballeros, Bardenas, El Bayo, El Sabinar, Farasdués, Pinsoro, Rivas, Santa Anastasia, Valareña Weather 14°C, Wind W at 26 km/h, 68% Humidity | ||
Fotografias de ejea de los caballeros enero 2015
Ejea de los Caballeros ([eˈxea de los kaβaˈʎeɾos]); Aragonese: Exeya d'os Caballers; (commonly known simply as Ejea) is a town and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is one of the five main towns in the Comarca de las Cinco Villas ("Shire of the Five Villages"). The five villages are Ejea de los Caballeros itself, Sos del Rey Católico, Uncastillo, Sádaba and Tauste.
Contents
- Fotografias de ejea de los caballeros enero 2015
- Map of 50600 Ejea de los Caballeros Zaragoza Spain
- Descubrimos el origen del nombre de ejea de los caballeros de la mano de sus vecinos
- Main sights
- Villages
- Culture
- Notable people
- Twin towns
- References
Map of 50600 Ejea de los Caballeros, Zaragoza, Spain
They became part of the medieval Kingdom of Aragon in 1105 during the Spanish Reconquista, as Muslim rule in the region was falling back.
Descubrimos el origen del nombre de ejea de los caballeros de la mano de sus vecinos
Main sights
The town retains many medieval buildings, including:
Villages
The municipality of Ejea de los Caballeros comprises nine different centres of population:
Rivas and Farasdués are two historic villages that have been dependencies of Ejea for decades. The other six centres were built in the nineteen fifties and sixties in order to settle inhabitants and farmers to grow irrigation crops because of the building of Yesa reservoir and Bardenas irrigation channel that brought water to this villages, among others (Sádaba, Tauste and others).
Culture
The main local fiesta honours the Virgin of the Olive, the local saint. In June, it is also celebrated the patron saint, Saint John the Baptist, in a medieval way. Another local festival commemorates The Vote Day (January 14), an event during the Black Plague, when the townsfolk voted for the bringing of the Virgin of the Olive across the town to worship her. The plague is purported to have ended that day in Ejea de los Caballeros.