Siresa
| Valle de Hecho municipality: Siresa | |||
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 Siresa - San Pedro Monastery Church
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Aragon
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| Province : | Huesca | ||
| Comarca : | Jacetania | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 45 ′ N , 0 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 885 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 109 (2018) INE | ||
| Postal code : | 22720 | ||
| Area code: | 22901000400 | ||
Siresa ( Aragonese Ciresa ) is a northern Spanish village with only about 100 inhabitants in the Valle de Hecho in the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon .
location
Siresa is located on the west bank of the Río Aragón Subordán at an altitude of approx. 885 m . The provincial capital Huesca is about 100 km (driving distance) southeast; the city of Pau on the Navarre-French side is also about 100 km (hiking trail) to the northeast.
history
Siresa is located on a trade route that was already used in antiquity, connecting Saragossa / Huesca via the Puerto de Palo / Col de Pau with Lescar (later Pau) in the Béarn . The place probably emerged after the monastery was founded and was never occupied by the Moors .
Attractions
- San Pedro de Siresa Monastery , founded in the 9th century (or earlier), today's church from the 11th to 13th centuries.
literature
- Huesca. Tourist guide of the Altoaragón. Editorial Pirineo, Huesca 2003, ISBN 84-87997-68-6 , p. 30.
- Enciclopedia del Románico en Aragón: Huesca. Fundación Santa María la Real del Patrimonio Histórico, Volume I (Jacetania), Aguilar del Campoo 2016, ISBN 978-84-15072-94-2 , pp. 411-420.
Web links
Commons : Siresa - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Siresa Monastery - Photos + Info (Spanish)
- Siresa Monastery - Photos + Info (Spanish)
- Siresa Monastery - Photos + Info (Spanish)