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{{dablink|Jaca is also another name for the [[jackfruit]].}}
{{dablink|Jaca is also another name for the [[jackfruit]].}}
[[Image:Jaca from rapitan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Jaca as viewed from the Rapitan fort.]] '''Jaca''' (''Chaca'' in [[Aragonese]]) is a [[city]] of northeastern [[Spain]] near the border with [[France]], in the midst of the [[Pyrenees]] in the province of [[Huesca (province)|Huesca]]. Jaca, a ford on the [[Aragón River]] at the crossing of two great early medieval routes, one from [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] to [[Zaragoza]], was the fortified city out of which the [[County of Aragon|County]] and [[Kingdom of Aragon]] developed: Jaca was the capital of Aragon until 1097 and also served as capital of [[Jacetania]].
[[Image:Jaca from rapitan.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Jaca as viewed from the Rapitan fort.]]
'''Jaca''' (''Chaca'' in [[Aragonese]]) is a [[city]] of northeastern [[Spain]] near the border with [[France]], in the midst of the [[Pyrenees]] in the province of [[Huesca (province)|Huesca]]. Jaca, a ford on the [[Aragón River]] at the crossing of two great early medieval routes, one from [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] to [[Zaragoza]], was the fortified city out of which the [[County of Aragon|County]] and [[Kingdom of Aragon]] developed: Jaca was the capital of Aragon until 1097 and also served as capital of [[Jacetania]].


Jaca had, in 2004, 12,322 residents and is a premier [[tourism|tourist]] destination in the region for summer holidays and [[winter sport]]. Jaca was the host city of the 1981 and 1995 Winter [[Universiade]]s. Its popularity for winter sports has been a motivating factor in the city's failed bids for the [[1998 Winter Olympics]], [[2002 Winter Olympics]] and [[2010 Winter Olympics]]. It was again the applicant city of [[Spain]] for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]], but the bid failed again when it was not selected as a candidate city.
Jaca had, in 2004, 12,322 residents and is a premier [[tourism|tourist]] destination in the region for summer holidays and [[winter sport]]. Jaca was the host city of the 1981 and 1995 Winter [[Universiade]]s. Its popularity for winter sports has been a motivating factor in the city's failed bids for the [[1998 Winter Olympics]], [[2002 Winter Olympics]] and [[2010 Winter Olympics]]. It was again the applicant city of [[Spain]] for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]], but the bid failed again when it was not selected as a candidate city.


[[Image:Jaca2014.png|left|thumb|Jaca 2014 bid logo]]
[[Image:Jaca2014.png|left|thumb|Jaca 2014 bid logo]]
[[File:Acceso a la fortaleza de Jaca.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Castle of San Pedro]]
[[File:Detalle del Capitel del rey David con músicos.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Detail of inside in Jaca Cathedral]]
Jaca, an episcopal see in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] since 1063 [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djacs.htm], is home to [[medieval]] walls and towers surrounding an 11th century [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[cathedral]].
Jaca, an episcopal see in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] since 1063 [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djacs.htm], is home to [[medieval]] walls and towers surrounding an 11th century [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[cathedral]].


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*[http://www.jaca2014.es Homepage of the Jaca 2014 bid]
*[http://www.jaca2014.es Homepage of the Jaca 2014 bid]
*[http://jaca.costasur.com/en/index.html Jaca: Useful information about tourism and lodgings]
*[http://jaca.costasur.com/en/index.html Jaca: Useful information about tourism and lodgings]

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Jaca - Castillo de San Pedro - Patio de armas03.jpg|Armour coutyard of the castle
File:Jaca - Castillo de San Pedro - Garita de entrada02.jpg|One of Statues inside the castle representing the living in the medieval castle
File:Jaca - Catedral - Portada Occidental - Figuras04.jpg|Staues in west-side of the cathedral
File:Jaca - Catedral - Interior - Coro01.jpg|Cathedral, interior
File:Jaca - Castillo de San Pedro - Iglesia - Fachada.jpg|San Peter's Church
File:Jaca - Calle Mayor 32.jpg|Calle Mayor
File:Jaca - Casa Borau.jpg|Casa Borau
File:Jaca - Plaza de la Catedral.jpg|Plaza de la Catedral


<gallery/>


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Revision as of 02:42, 28 October 2009

Jaca is also another name for the jackfruit.
Jaca as viewed from the Rapitan fort.

Jaca (Chaca in Aragonese) is a city of northeastern Spain near the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca. Jaca, a ford on the Aragón River at the crossing of two great early medieval routes, one from Pau to Zaragoza, was the fortified city out of which the County and Kingdom of Aragon developed: Jaca was the capital of Aragon until 1097 and also served as capital of Jacetania.

Jaca had, in 2004, 12,322 residents and is a premier tourist destination in the region for summer holidays and winter sport. Jaca was the host city of the 1981 and 1995 Winter Universiades. Its popularity for winter sports has been a motivating factor in the city's failed bids for the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics. It was again the applicant city of Spain for the 2014 Winter Olympics, but the bid failed again when it was not selected as a candidate city.

File:Jaca2014.png
Jaca 2014 bid logo
Castle of San Pedro
Detail of inside in Jaca Cathedral

Jaca, an episcopal see in the Roman Catholic Church since 1063 [1], is home to medieval walls and towers surrounding an 11th century Romanesque cathedral.

The origins of the city are obscure, but its name apparently reflects the Iaccetani, mentioned by Strabo as one of the most celebrated of the numerous small tribes inhabiting the basin of the Ebro. Strabo adds that their territory was the scene of the wars in the 1st century BC between Sertorius and Pompey. The Moorish writers mention Dyaka as one of the chief places in the province of Sarkosta (Zaragoza). When it was reconquered is unknown. Ramiro I of Aragon (1035 - 1063), gave it the title of "city," and in 1063 held within its walls a council, in which, the people were called in to sanction its decrees: an early milestone in the parliamentary traditions in the Pyrenees.

The mutiny of the garrison at Jaca, demanding the abolition of monarchy and a democratic republic, December 12–13, 1930, was suppressed with some difficulty. It was an early event that presaged the Spanish Civil War.

The Diocesan Museum of Jaca (Museum of Medieval Sacred Art) protects Romanesque and Gothic frescoes from some of the most remote locations in the district of Jaca, unsuspected until the first one was discovered in the Church of Urriés, in 1962, where it had been hidden and protected by the painted and gilded retable, or altarpiece.

The Jaca citadel is home to a colony of Rock Sparrows.

See also

<gallery> File:Jaca - Castillo de San Pedro - Patio de armas03.jpg|Armour coutyard of the castle File:Jaca - Castillo de San Pedro - Garita de entrada02.jpg|One of Statues inside the castle representing the living in the medieval castle File:Jaca - Catedral - Portada Occidental - Figuras04.jpg|Staues in west-side of the cathedral File:Jaca - Catedral - Interior - Coro01.jpg|Cathedral, interior File:Jaca - Castillo de San Pedro - Iglesia - Fachada.jpg|San Peter's Church File:Jaca - Calle Mayor 32.jpg|Calle Mayor File:Jaca - Casa Borau.jpg|Casa Borau File:Jaca - Plaza de la Catedral.jpg|Plaza de la Catedral


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