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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.

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The 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 current 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 the Francoist 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.

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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.

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Plaza Diputación

The Plaza Diputación is the gateway to the historic center of Calaceite. This open space stands out for its ashlar stone architecture and its views of the warm-toned facades typical of Matarraña. It is a key meeting point that connects the modern area with the medieval labyrinth of streets leading up to the Plaza Mayor and the Church of the Assumption.

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