Monumental Walking Tour in Old Town of Zaragoza

Zaragoza is a City with an indescribable historical and cultural legacy. Called the city of the four cultures; that leaves us emblematic architectural monuments. In this Tour we will discover through a tour guided by a Local its 2000 years of history, starting with its origins by visiting the Museum of the Roman Theater of Zaragoza. We will continue visiting its two main Cathedrals, La Seo and our Basilica del Pilar to end up talking about the current era and its gastronomy in the central market of Zaragoza.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Museo del Teatro Romano de Caesaraugusta, Calle San Jorge 12, 50001 Zaragoza Spain

We will discover the history of the beginnings of the Roman city of Cesar Augusta from its Roman Theater. The museum's facilities occupy a plot of land corresponding to important houses from the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods. For this reason, the Museum will reveal a joint vision of interesting remains and samples of the history of Zaragoza from the mentioned periods.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: La Seo del Salvador, Plaza de la Seo, Zaragoza Spain

We will visit one of the most important monuments of Zaragoza, the Cathedral of San Salvador or La Seo. It is located where it has always been the religious center of the city. Previously place of the Roman temple and after its mosque. Its origins are from the 12th century, after the conquest by King Alfonso I, a Romanesque-style cathedral, through the years different reforms of different styles have followed it, so we can find the Gothic, the Mudejar, the Renaissance and the Baroque. on its walls.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Museo De Tapices Y Capitular De La Seo, Plaza de la Seo, 50001 Zaragoza Spain

The Museum exhibits part of the important collection, made up of 63 tapestries from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, woven in the famous European workshops in Arras, Tournai and Brussels. definitely one of the jewels of Zaragoza.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Plaza del Pilar, s/n, 50003 Zaragoza, Spain

We will visit the first Marian temple of Christianity. since in it the pillar is preserved and venerated —actually, a jasper column— which, according to tradition, was placed by the Virgin Mary who, while still living in Jerusalem, would have appeared in mortal flesh to the Apostle Santiago on the 2nd January 40. History attests to the existence of a Mozarabic church in Saraqusta dedicated to Santa María, in the same place where the Baroque basilica is currently located. Around this temple lived one of the Christian communities of the city.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Roman Walls, Avenida Cesar Augusto s/n, 50003 Zaragoza Spain

Remains of the Roman Wall of about 80 meters in length, at the northwest end of what was the Roman city of Caesaraugusta, built in the 1st century.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Mercado Central, Avenida Cesar Augusto, s/n, Zaragoza Spain

We will visit the market designed in 1895 by the Aragonese architect Félix Navarro Pérez to replace the traditional one that was held outdoors in the old market square. It was commissioned by the Sociedad Nuevo Mercado de Zaragoza and in 1903 it was finished. It has been a national historical monument since 1978 and an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1982.

Duration: 10 minutes

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