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Aljafería
Muslim Spain makes its mark at the Aljafería, the country's finest Muslim-era edifice outside Andalucía, though it's not in the league of Granada's Alhambra or Córdoba's Mezquita. It's a half-hour's noisy walk west from Plaza del Pilar or a 10-minute ride on bus 32 or 36 from Plaza de España.
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar
Brace yourself for the saintly and the sombre in this great baroque cavern of Catholicism. It was here on 2 January AD 40, that Santiago (St James the Apostle) is believed by the faithful to have seen the Virgin Mary descend atop a marble pilar (pillar). A chapel was built around the remaining pillar, followed by a series of ever more-grandiose churches.
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Centro de Historia de Zaragoza
The old convent of San Agustín (only the neoclassical façade remains) is the site of this museum. Each of the eight exhibit rooms focuses on a different aspect of the city's heritage, from trade and transport to popular celebrations. Of particular interest is a series of models depicting Zaragoza's physical transformation through four key phases of its development. Take bus 22 going east along El Coso or bus 30 at Plaza de España.
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Iglesia de San Pablo
Several other Zaragoza churches are well worth a look. The Iglesia de San Pablo has a delicate 14th-century Mudéjar tower and an early-16th-century retablo (altarpiece) by Damián Forment.
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Iglesia de Santa Engracia
The 16th-century Iglesia de Santa Engracia has an underground crypt containing the bones of the eponymous saint and other Zaragozan early Christian martyrs.
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La Lonja
Now an exhibition hall, this plain but finely proportioned Renaissance-style building, the second building east of the basilica, was constructed in the 16th century as a trading exchange. The coloured medallions on its exterior depict kings of Aragón and other historical personages.
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La Seo
Dominating the eastern end of Plaza del Pilar is the Catedral de San Salvador, also known as La Seo. Entry is at the eastern end. La Seo, built between the 12th and 17th centuries, displays a fabulous spread of architectural styles from Romanesque to baroque. It stands on the site of Muslim Zaragoza's main mosque (which in turn stood upon the temple of the Roman forum).
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Mudéjar Towers
The Iglesia de La Magdalena, Iglesia de San Miguel and Iglesia de San Gil all boast fine 14th- and 15th-century Mudéjar towers - at their best when floodlit at night. You'll find them in El Tubo neighbourhood.
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Museo Camón Aznar
This eclectic collection of Spanish art through the ages features a room of Goya etchings (on the top floor) and half a dozen paintings attributed to El Greco. It spreads over the three storeys of the Palacio de los Pardo, a Renaissance mansion.
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Museo de las Termas Públicas
The Museo de las Termas Públicas houses the old Roman baths.
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Museo de Pablo Gargallo
Within the 17th-century Palacio Argillo is a representative display of sculptures by Pablo Gargallo (1881-1934), probably Aragón's most gifted artistic son after Goya.
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Museo de Tapices
La Seo's Museo de Tapices has a large collection of 14th- to 17th- century Flemish and French tapestries. La Seo is also known as Catedral de San Salvador.
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Museo de Zaragoza
Devoted to archaeology and fine arts, the city museum displays artefacts from prehistoric to Muslim times, and an important collection of Gothic art, as well as a dozen Goya paintings.
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Museo del Foro de Caesaraugusta
The rather out of place trapezoid building on Plaza de la Seo is the entrance to an excellent reconstruction of part of Roman Caesaraugusta's forum, now well below ground level.
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Museo del Puerto Fluvial
Just across Plaza de San Bruno from La Seo is the absorbing Museo del Puerto Fluvial which displays the Roman city's river-port installations. There's a quaint but enjoyable audiovisual programme every half-hour.
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Museo del Teatro de Caesaraugusta
Discovered during the excavation of a building site in 1972, the ruins of Zaragoza's Roman theatre are the focus of this interesting museum, opened in 2003. Although the ruins aren't particularly impressive, great efforts have been made to help visitors reconstruct the edifice's former splendour, including evening projections of a virtual performance on the stage (Friday and Saturday only; consult the museum for times). The exhibit culminates with a boardwalk tour through the theatre itself.
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Patio de la Infanta
This exhibition is the Ibercaja bank's collection of Goya paintings, displayed in a lovely Plateresque courtyard.
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Plaza del Pilar & Plaza de la Seo
In Zaragoza's old town, just south of Río Ebro, is Plaza del Pilar and its eastward continuation, Plaza de la Seo. Together, these two squares form a 500m open space and are flanked by important buildings and historic monuments.
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