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Place in Aragon, Spain
Belmonte de Gracián Belmón de Grazián
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Coordinates: 41°18′58″N 1°32′35″W / 41.31611°N 1.54306°W / 41.31611; -1.54306
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
ProvinceZaragoza
ComarcaComunidad de Calatayud
Area
 • Total43.7 km (16.9 sq mi)
Elevation646 m (2,119 ft)
Population
 • Total198
 • Density4.5/km (12/sq mi)
DemonymBelmontinos
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.belmontedegracian.es

Belmonte de Gracián (Aragonese: Belmón de Grazián) is a village near Calatayud in the province of Zaragoza in Aragon, Spain. It is a fortified village which sits at the foot of a 15th-century castle.

It is the birthplace of Baltasar Gracián y Morales, and in 1985 was renamed to Belmonte de Gracián in his honour. Previously the town was known as Belmonte de Calatayud and Belmonte del Río Perejiles.

The archaeological remains of the Celtiberian and Romano-Celtiberian town of Segeda-Sekeiza are located between Belmonte de Gracián and the nearby town of Mara.

Main sights

  • Castle, with an oval plan
  • Church of St. Michael (15th century), in Gothic style. It has a Mudéjar bell tower.
  • Hermitage of the Castle
  • Watch Tower (10th century)
  • Fortified Palace (14th century)

Notes and references

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Historia". Belmonte de Gracián: Un pueblo con Historia y Encanto (in Spanish). Pueblo de Belmonte de Gracián. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013.
  3. Mena, Miguel (2018). Un Viaje Aragonés (in Spanish). Zaragoza, Spain: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. p. 139. ISBN 978-84-17358-27-3.
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