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The City Council

The City Council

The town hall was built at the beginning of the 17th century between 1609 and 1612 by the stonemason Pedro Pizarro. It is of Renaissance architecture. On the first floor there is a commodities exchange and a jail (which is part of the Mezquín-Matarraña Jail Route). The second floor is a noble floor and houses the municipal offices and the Plenary Hall with an oratory from 1613, a recently restored altar and a wooden crucifix of the Holy Christ to which people used to pray for rain. It also preserves an important collection of parchments and other documents from the 13th century, a Gothic keystone from the old parish church, a relief from the second half of the 15th century and the old Gothic cross that was moved from the Plaza Nueva.

Plaza de España

Plaza de España

From Plaza de Abajo to Plaza de Silos, passing through Plaza de la Constitución to become Plaza de España. This square is currently the nerve center of the town, although it is not located in the oldest nucleus, but is part of the urban expansion area that was created from the fourteenth century. The Plaza Mayor or Plaza del Sitjar has an irregular and complex floor plan. It is characterized by its beautiful arcades and its accesses under covered walkways. It is the place in the town that has changed its name the most times. In the oldest documentation it appears as Plaza de Bau (from below) in relation to the disappeared Plaza de Arriba, where the old Gothic church was located, on top of which the present parish church was built. During the 18th century it was called Plaza de los Silos (Silos Square), since underneath it were kept the silos where the foodstuffs that were collected as tribute were kept. In the 19th century and during the first decades of the 20th century, it was referred to as Plaza Mayor. In 1931, after the promulgation of the Republican Constitution, it was called the Plaza de la Constitución. In 1938, when Franco's groups entered the town, it was baptized as Plaza de España. This is the name that is used today. Under the arcades of the Plaza was located the market. It was also the place where the Justice conducted the trials in full view of everyone and where the neighborhood met in assembly. For years, the heifers were held here. Today, the market is held here every Wednesday of the year.

Placeta de La Lonja

Placeta de La Lonja

Emblematic small square of Italian reminiscences, formed by buildings of the XVII-XVIII centuries arranged in a horseshoe shape. It is accessed through the Renaissance market of the town hall.

San Antonio Chapel Portal

San Antonio Chapel Portal

The baroque chapel of San Antonio was built in the 18th century over an old gate in the wall. Next to it, and perpendicularly, a second portal, called Orta, rises on a large staircase.

Moix House

Moix House

An ancestral house of ashlar masonry that stands out for the large corner balcony, held with decorated corbels. It dates from the 18th century, a period of constructive splendor in Calaceite. It is reproduced in the Pueblo Español of Barcelona together with the Casa Jassá of the Plaza de España.

Parish Church of the Assumption

Parish Church of the Assumption

One of the most important baroque works of the region, its construction began in the 18th century. It was built on the remains of the old Gothic church of Santa Maria del Pla from the early fourteenth century and smaller dimensions. By making a larger church, the dimensions of the Dalt or Santa Maria square located on the north side were reduced. The parish belonged to the Diocese of Tortosa until 1957 when it passed to the Diocese of Zaragoza. The master builder was Francisco de Ibargüens and it was consecrated in 1710. It is a masonry construction with a hall plan with three naves of the same height. On the outside, the tower and the façade stand out with three doors with Solomonic columns and impressive wrought iron nails on the doors. The bell tower was left unfinished. In the civil war the building was burned and remained in poor condition until it was rebuilt. In 2001 it was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest. Capital of the old parish: Nuestra Señora del Pla The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is one of the multiple examples that there are in the Region of the Matarraña around baroque buildings of the XVII and XVIII century. This enormous stone medallion is the memory of the primitive Gothic construction of the apse vault with the representation of Our Lady of the Pla, naturalistic and anecdotal image of the Virgin and the Child accompanied by a dog. This keystone is preserved in the Town Hall of this town.

House of Justice

House of Justice

The Casa del Justicia (or House of Justice), located right on Calle de la Iglesia, number 9, is a unique building and one of the most fascinating and oldest heritage elements of the urban center of Calaceite. Unlike the baroque town hall, this is a remarkable example of medieval and gothic transitional architecture, originally dating from the 14th century.

San Roque Chapel

Renaissance work of 1613. Devotion to San Roque is deeply rooted throughout the Matarraña region, as he is the patron saint against infectious diseases and plagues. For this reason, the chapel was originally built in the 16th century (it is documented as early as 1555) right next to the old hospital of the town.

Juan Cabré Museum

Juan Cabré Museum

the Juan Cabré Museum is an essential stop to understand the archaeological and cultural wealth of the Matarraña region. This center, part of the Museum Network of Aragon, pays tribute to the figure of Juan Cabré Aguiló, a pioneer of modern archeology in Spain and a native of this town.

Maella Street

Maella Street

Maella Street (Carrer Maella) is one of the most emblematic, suggestive and full of history of Calaceite. Its layout is essential to understand the urban evolution of the town, as it coincides with the layout of the old second walled enclosure of the town, developed as the municipality grew out of its original medieval core. Strolling along this street is a journey through time, punctuated by corners of great architectural beauty and details that invite you to stop.

Virgen del Pilar Chapel Portal

Virgen del Pilar Chapel Portal

The Portal-Chapel of the Virgin of Pilar (historically also known as the Portal of Maella) is, without a doubt, one of the most singular, complex and photogenic monumental jewels of Calaceite and the whole region of Matarraña. This typology of "portal-chapel" is very characteristic of the area and reflects a fascinating evolution of the urban fabric of the town.

Artists' Square

Artists' Square

The Plaza de los Artistas is a corner with a very special charm and a strong cultural significance in Calaceite. It is located in the upper part of the historic center, on Castillo Street, very close to where the primitive medieval nucleus of the town originated. This space pays tribute to one of the most fascinating facets of the town: its links with the world of art and literature, especially from the second half of the twentieth century.

José Donoso House

José Donoso House

In addition to the monumental wealth of Calaceite, there is a fascinating chapter in the literary history of the 20th century. During the 1970s, this beautiful corner of the Matarraña region became, almost magically, the epicenter and refuge of the literary phenomenon known as the Latin American "Boom". The great architect of this cultural effervescence was the famous Chilean writer José Donoso (author of El obsceno pájaro de la noche), who arrived in the village in 1970 fascinated by "that town of stone houses frozen in time". Together with his wife, María Pilar Serrano, he acquired and painstakingly restored a remarkable 16th century house located in the upper part of the historic quarter (at the junction of Calle del Castillo and Calle Bellmunta). His stay between 1971 and 1975 transformed the cultural physiognomy of the municipality. Figures of the stature of Nobel Prize winners Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa, as well as Carlos Fuentes, Jorge Edwards and Luis Buñuel, strolled through the cobblestone streets of Calaceite.

Olivera del Suavo

Olivera del Suavo

The Olivera del Suavo is one of the most extraordinary living monuments of the Matarraña region and a first-rate agrotourism resource for Calaceite. This imposing olive tree, recently awarded by the Spanish Association of Olive Municipalities (AEMO) as the Best Monumental Olive Tree in Spain 2026, is a living testimony of the millenary culture of oil in these lands.

Iberian settlement of San Antonio

Iberian settlement of San Antonio

The Iberian Village of San Antonio is one of the most important, studied and best preserved archaeological sites of the Iberian culture in the Aragonese community. His visit is the perfect complement to the historical tour of the town of Calaceite, as it allows the traveler to travel back in time to the origins of human occupation in the region of Matarraña.

San Cristobal Chapel

San Cristobal Chapel

The Chapel of San Cristobal crowns the top of the mountain range of the same name and is one of the most spectacular and beloved viewpoints of Calaceite. This temple not only stands out for its heritage and devotional value, but also for offering one of the most beautiful panoramic views of the Matarraña region, encompassing the olive groves, the town itself and even, on clear days, the imposing massifs of the Puertos de Beceite.

Hermitage of Santa Ana

The Hermitage of Santa Ana is another of the temples that are part of the network of chapels and hermitages of Calaceite, adding to the rich tradition of baroque and popular religious architecture that characterizes this municipality of Matarraña. It was built in the 18th century, a period of great economic and constructive splendor for Calaceite due to the flourishing of the olive oil trade.

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