We found a city whose skyline makes it as beautiful as it is unmistakable. Its bridges and its basilica, the Pilar, with its soaring towers and colourful glazed domes, gaze at their own reflection in the source of their existence, the Ebro River. A city of great events, where the water tower, like a watchtower, patiently watches from the city’s outskirts the next great feat of the city of the cierzo wind. A city of lions, as its people show that wit is worth more than strength. A city of flavours, where beer and food come together to create unique experiences. Also a city of nature and peace, in the park whose name matches its own greatness, José Antonio Labordeta, which reveals that it is a city of great figures: musicians, filmmakers, photographers, politicians, actors, sculptors… and painters too. In short, a city of the arts, where painting, photography, sculpture, dance, music and cinema are nurtured among the younger generations. A city where everyone has a place and whose spaces offer the daily leisure that brings it so much life. But above all, a city of history, with a rich legacy from the different civilisations that once lived here, where every corner hides something worth stopping to listen to. Don’t know which city we’re talking about? Many letters make it one of a kind. The D, for Devout, the J, for Jota, the M for Mudéjar. And the last letter of the alphabet, the one that carries the most emphasis, the Z, for ziudad. The Z, for Zaragoza.
Many people think that Zaragoza has the Pilar and little else. But if you lift the veil that covers that belief, you may come to discover true wonders in this place of ours. Plaza del Pilar, Plaza de La Seo and Plaza de Césaraugusto, the places where everything converges: the city hall, the Alma Mater Museum, the lonja, the tribute to Goya, the Fuente de la Hispanidad, the church of San Juan de los Panetes, the Torre de la Zuda, the city walls, the central market. But above all, the two cathedrals: the Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar and the Cathedral of San Salvador, or La Seo de San Salvador, a place that will absolutely astonish you. But there is much more beyond the city centre. The parish church of San Pablo, in Gothic-Mudéjar style and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Aljafería Palace, current seat of the Cortes of Aragon. The large park José Antonio Labordeta, where numerous fascinating monuments hide along its green pathways, or the galachos of Juslibol, a unique natural space located on the outskirts of the city. The EMOZ (Zaragoza Origami School Museum), the first Origami museum in Europe. Or the Zaragoza river aquarium, the largest in Europe. The Caixaforum, where you can enjoy wonderful travelling exhibitions. The provincial museum in Plaza de los Sitios, a curious venue that hosted the Hispanic-French Exhibition of 1908. And even the Romareda stadium, home of Real Zaragoza, right next to the Zaragoza Auditorium, a building with an enormous hypostyle hall housing one of the most enviable acoustics, praised by none other than Daniel Barenboim, Argentine pianist and orchestra conductor. All this and much more awaits you in Zaragoza.
