Calatayud

Calatayud

Calatayud - Arabic: قلعة أيوب Qalʻaḧ ʼAyyūb (2005 pop. 20,263) is a city and municipality in the province of Zaragoza in Aragon to shores of Jalón river, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the province after the capital, Zaragoza, and the largest town in Aragon other than the three provincial capitals. It is the seat of the comarca of Comunidad de Calatayud.

The city has the title "Muy noble, leal, siempre augusta y fidelisima ciudad de Calatayud"

History

It was founded by the Romans with the name "Augusta Bilbilis". The site of the ruins of Augusta Bibilis are approximately four kilometers to the north of Calatayud. The modern town was founded by Muslims around the Ayyub castle. Its name came from Arabic "Qal`at 'Ayyūb" = "Ayyub's fort". This name dates from the period when Muslims ruled most of Spain.The ancient inhabitants of Bilbilis moved to the new place and the city was conquered for Christians by Alfonso I of Aragon in 1120.The city was the capital of its own province for three years in the XIX century

ites and curiosities

This city contains the tallest Mudéjar tower of Aragon in the church of "Santa María".

The Muslim fortress is the biggest and oldest of the Muslim fortresses of the Iberic peninsula.

The church of "San Pedro" was named Ferdinand II of Aragon ("Fernando el catolico") and it was there that the first courts of Aragon in the XX century presided.

Calatayud was the first democratic municipality in 1977, because elections were held one day before all the rest of Spain, to prepare for a visit by King Juan Carlos I.

The famous Roman writer called Martial was born very near here.

The AVE high-speed train line from Madrid to Lleida (and eventually Barcelona) stops in Calatayud.

Calatayud had a wealthy and powerful Jewish community traced from as early as the 10th century until the 15th century.

Wine Production and D.O. Status

See Calatayud (DO) page.

ee also

* Spanish wine
* Mudéjar

References

http://www.docalatayud.com

http://www.winesfromspain.com


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Calatayud — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Calatayud Bandera …   Wikipedia Español

  • Calatayud — Wappen Karte von Spanien …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • CALATAYUD — (Heb. קַלְעַת אַיּוּב), city in Aragon, S.W. of Saragossa, northeast Spain. It had one of the most important Jewish communities in Spain and the second most important in the Kingdom of Aragon, after Saragossa. The earliest record of Jews in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Calatayud — Vue de la Ville …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Calatayud (DO) — Calatayud Situation des vignobles de l AOC Calatayud Désignation(s) Calatayud Appellation(s) principale(s) Type d a …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Calatayud — es una ciudad de 22.000 hab.(aprox.) situada al norte de España, en la provincia de Zaragoza a orillas del rio Jalón. Antigua cuna del poeta romano Marco Valerio Marcial, del dramaturgo Joaquín Dicenta, del artista Juan Cruz Melero y del… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Calatayud — Désigne celui qui est originaire de Calatayud, nom d une ville aragonaise de la province de Saragosse. Autrefois mentionné sous la forme Calataiub, le toponyme vient de l arabe : il est formé de qala(t) = forteresse, château, et de ayyûb, qui… …   Noms de famille

  • Calatāyud — Calatāyud, Stadt am Zusammenfluß des Xalon u. Xiloca in der spanischen Provinz Saragossa Fabrikation von Tuch, Seife, Leder u. Wollzeugen, starker Hanfbau; 10,000 Ew. Die Stadt ist im 8. Jahrh. von den Arabern gegründet u. hieß zuerst Cala t… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Calatāyud — Calatāyud, Bezirkshauptstadt in der span. Provinz Saragossa, 522 m ü. M., in rauher, aber fruchtbarer Gegend an der Mündung des Jiloca in den Jalón, am Fuß eines Berges (mit vielen Höhlenwohnungen) und an der Eisenbahn Madrid Saragossa gelegen,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Calatayud — Calatayūd, Stadt in der span. Prov. Saragossa, am Jalon, (1897) 10.955 E.; Hanfbau …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”