In La Cerollera, hiking trails meet tangible traces of the town’s history. The “Tumbas y Maquis” route leads to the remains of several megalithic tombs near Les Valletes. The architecture and the history of the Agrupación Guerrillera de Levante y Aragón (AGLA) also give the town a multifaceted character.
Hiking trails between nature and history
The “Tumbas y Maquis” route is listed as 14.3 kilometres long, with an estimated duration of 3 hours and 45 minutes. It runs at elevations between 670 and 835 metres. These details help you gauge how much time to allow for the hike; its destination at Les Valletes also gives it an archaeological focus.
A total of eight hiking routes connect the natural surroundings of La Cerollera with the town’s history. They include Ruta Nevera Caubet, Ruta Font de Dalt, Ruta Las Fuentes, Ruta Tumbas y Maquis, Ruta Santet y Font del Forat, Ruta Las Carrascas, Ruta Cova del Molí and Ruta Font dels Prats.
Another option is a 14-kilometre horse-riding route that starts and finishes in La Cerollera. It follows paths and forest tracks through the wooded area around the municipality. Unlike the “Tumbas y Maquis” route, its defining feature is not an archaeological destination but a circular route through the wooded surroundings.
The history of the AGLA in the town
The exhibition space “La guerra en La Cerollera” is on the ground floor of the Old Oven. It features a permanent multimedia presentation on the history of the AGLA in Aragón, as well as an audiovisual programme featuring accounts from seven local residents. This brings local voices into focus alongside the historical organisation.
At the end of 1946, Ángel Fuertes, known as “Antonio” and leader of the AGLA’s 17th Sector, set up a headquarters in the municipality of La Cerollera and a training camp nearby. The surviving remains of the Campamento Escuela reveal four huts; there may have been others. The camp comprised three areas: a kitchen, an area for accommodation, storage and training, and surveillance and observation posts. The exhibition and the remains of the camp thus shed light on different aspects of the same local history.
Baroque church and historic houses
The parish church of Nuestra Señora del Remedio was completed in 1762 as a Baroque church. Its rectangular floor plan comprises three naves: the central nave has a barrel vault with lunettes, while the side aisles have groin vaults. A dome sits above the crossing. These details describe the church’s interior more fully than the completion date alone.
The Ermita de San Cristóbal is also a Baroque building, but an older one: the chapel on a hill near La Cerollera was completed in 1692 and dates from the 17th century. The houses offer other architectural details to look out for. The manor house Casa Palacio Marqués de Santa Coloma was built in the 16th century; its top floor features an Aragonese arcade gallery and a distinctive wooden roof overhang. Casa Pallarés is a three-storey house dating from the 17th or 18th century. Its long wooden balcony is preserved and is considered the longest in Bajo Aragón.
For a comparison of architectural forms, these different features can be considered side by side: the parish church’s vaults and dome, the manor house’s arcade gallery and Casa Pallarés’s long balcony.
Patron-saint festivities in August
The patron-saint festivities take place on the fourth Sunday in August, sometimes on the preceding weekend. Saturday is dedicated to San Cristóbal, and Sunday to the Virgen del Remedio. If you would like to plan your trip around these festivities, check the specific event dates in advance.
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