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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 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.

==See also==
==See also==
* [[Diocese of Jaca]]
* [[Diocese of Jaca]]
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*[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 14:34, 28 September 2010

Jaca is also another name for the jackfruit.
Jaca
Jaca as viewed from the Rapitan fort.
Jaca as viewed from the Rapitan fort.
Flag of Jaca
Flag
Official seal of Jaca
Seal
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityAragon
ProvinceHuesca
ComarcaLa Jacetania
Government
 • MayorEnrique Villarroya Saldaña
Area
 • Total406.34 km2 (156.89 sq mi)
Elevation
820 m (2,690 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total13,396
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CET)
Websitehttp://www.jaca.es

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.

Castle of San Pedro.
Detail of Jaca Cathedral interior.

History

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 Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman world describes this modern city as the ancient "Iaca (or Iaka)" [1] which minted coins in the 2nd half of the 2nd century BC, a small number of which are now in the British Museum.[2] These show an unidentified bearded head, to the right with an inscription to the left and dolphin to right on the obverse. While the reverse depicts a Horseman carrying a spear, to the right, with an inscription below in Iberian reading iaka[3] .

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.

Main sights

Jaca is home to medieval walls and towers surrounding an 11th century Romanesque cathedral.

The citadel, a fortification dating to the late 16th century, is home to a colony of Rock Sparrows.

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.

Tourism and sports

Jaca is a 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Talbert, R., (2000). (ed.) Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. Map 25, E3. Also CDROM disc entry Map 25.
  2. ^ Bagwell-Purefoy, P., and Meadows, A., (2002). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (SNG). Volume IX. The British Museum 2. Spain. SNG No's 775-776
  3. ^ Bagwell-Purefoy, P., and Meadows, A., (2002). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (SNG). Volume IX. The British Museum 2. Spain. SNG No's 775-776
  • Armour coutyard of the castle
    Armour coutyard of the castle
  • One of Statues inside the castle representing the living in the medieval castle
    One of Statues inside the castle representing the living in the medieval castle
  • Staues in west-side of the cathedral
    Staues in west-side of the cathedral
  • Cathedral, interior
    Cathedral, interior
  • San Peter's Church
    San Peter's Church
  • Calle Mayor
    Calle Mayor
  • Casa Borau
    Casa Borau
  • Plaza de la Catedral
    Plaza de la Catedral
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaca.


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