San Juan de la Peña
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From Puerto de Oroel a mountain road runs 11km/7mi west to the monastery of San Juan de la Peña (alt. 1,115m/3,658ft), magnificently situated in wooded country under an overhanging wall of rock. The monastery was founded in the ninth century but in its present form dates mainly from the 10th-12th centuries. From that period date the chapterhouse (10th century), the Mozarabic crypt (originally the lower church; dating in part from the ninth century) and the upper church, which was consecrated in 1094. In the sacristy of this church is the burial-place of the kings of Aragon, which was given its present form in the 18th century.
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Address:
San Juan de la Peña, E-22700 Huesca, Spain
Hours:
March 16 to May 31: 10am-2pm, 3:30pm-7pm
June 1 to July 14: 10am-2pm, 3pm-8pm
July 15 to August 31: 10am-8pm
September 1 to October 31: 10am-2pm, 3:30pm-7pm
November 1 to March 15: 10:30am-4pm, 3:30pm-5:30pm; Closed: Mon
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips: Reduced admission cost during the low season.
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