Tarazona

Tarazona is a town in the province of Zaragoza, in Aragon, capital of the comarca of Tarazona y el Moncayo, set at 480 metres of altitude in the valley of the river Queiles and 86 kilometres from Zaragoza, with around 10,900 inhabitants according to the 2025 municipal register. The ancient Turiaso and an episcopal see since at least the year 449, it was for centuries a frontier land between the kingdoms of Castile, Navarre and Aragon, and its old town, declared a historic-artistic ensemble in 1965, bears the imprint of the coexistence of Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities. Its great monument is the cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Huerta, Gothic in plan, consecrated in 1235 and completed with Mudéjar and Renaissance elements, and every 27 August it celebrates the Cipotegato, a festival of national tourist interest since 2009. Its municipal territory rises to the summit of the Moncayo, at 2,314 metres, next to the Moncayo Natural Park, and the town has a municipal sports centre with heated swimming pools, indoor halls, a football pitch, a fronton and tennis and padel courts, as well as the La Glorieta pools beside the Queiles. Tarazona was recognised by ACES Europe as European Town of Sport 2024, a title reserved for municipalities of fewer than 25,000 inhabitants that places it within the Spanish representation of the ACES network.