- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1020 · 11th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Style
- Romanesque architecture
- Commissioned by
- Sancho III of Navarre
- Coordinates
- 42.3256°, -0.6119°
History
The first stronghold was built here around 1020 by Sancho III the Great, king of Pamplona, on the frontier with Muslim Huesca. After 1070 King Sancho Ramírez of Aragon enlarged the castle and installed a community of canons regular, for whom the grand Romanesque church of St Peter was built. Once the Christians took Huesca in 1096, Loarre lost its military role and the canons moved to the monastery of Montearagón. In the 13th century the castle gained an outer wall with towers. It was declared a national monument in 1906 and gradually restored.
What to see
The castle grows out of the rock high above the Hoya de Huesca plain, with views far to the south from its walls. Beyond the 13th-century curtain with its semicircular towers, a stair from the gate runs beneath the apse of St Peter's church, with richly carved capitals and a crypt. Visitors can also explore the courtyards, the Queen's Tower and the massive keep.
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