Espierre

Municipality of Biescas: Espierre
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Alto Gállego
Coordinates	42 ° 38 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W
Height :	1242  msnm
Residents :	5 (2015) INE
Postal code :	22637
Area code:	22059000600

Espierre is a Spanish town in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon . Espierre belongs to the municipality of Biescas . The village in the Pyrenees is 1242 meters above sea level and is currently uninhabited.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document at the end of the 13th century.

Attractions

• Parish Church of San Esteban , late Romanesque building
• Romanesque hermitage of Santa María de Palariecho preserved as ruins
• Romanesque hermitage of San Juan , built in the 10th century

literature

• Cayetano Enríquez de Salamanca : Rutas del Románico en la provincia de Huesca . 2nd Edition. Enríquez de Salamanca Editor, Madrid 1993, ISBN 84-398-9582-8 , p. 73.
• Huesca. Tourist guide of the Altoaragón. Editorial Pirineo, Huesca 2003, ISBN 84-87997-68-6 , p. 74.

Web links

• Espierre (Photos at the Aragonese Wikipedia)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ description in romanico aragones
2. ↑ description in romanico aragones
3. ↑ description in romanico aragones