- Ejea de los Caballeros
Ejea de los Caballeros (
Aragonese "Exea", commonly known by simply Ejea) is a town andmunicipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community ofAragon ,Spain . It is one of the 5 main towns in theMunicipality of the 5 Villages (comarca de las Cinco Villas in Spanish), of which the most important are Ejea de los Caballeros,Tauste ,Sadaba ,Uncastillo andSos del Rey Católico , the five towns from which the municipality receives its name.The town joined the Middle-Age Reign of Aragon in the year 1105 after taking it back from the muslims during the re-conquering of Spain. It still keeps many of its Middle-Age buildings, such as the
Church of El Salvador . The main local festivity was made in honor for the "Virgin of the Olive", the local saint. Another of the local festivities is theVote Day , in which during theblack plague in the town, the villagers voted for the bringing of the Virgin of the Olive across the town to worship her. That day the black plague ended in Ejea de los Caballeros.As of 2007, the mayor of Ejea de los Caballeros is [Javier Lambán] , from the political party [PSOE] .
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