Alacón
Encyclopedia
Alacón is a municipality located in the province of Teruel
, Aragon
, Spain
. According to the 2004 census
(INE
), the municipality has a population of 470 inhabitants, and is at an altitude of 704 meters.
The village has an important military tower called “Torre de los Moros”. The tower was built by the Moors and is square with a pyramidal front elevation. It takes us back to the time of reconquest battles and is one of the oldest towers in the province.
The 18th century parish church is dedicated to the Assumption. It has three naves and a dome which has pendentives with bas-relief decoration. The 16th century gothic-renaissance style hermitage dedicated to El Calvario (Calvary) and the restored 17th century hermitage dedicated to San Miguel (St. Michael) are found on a promontory.
The Covacho de Eudoviges archaeological site is found at the top of a ravine which runs into the river Martín. It was excavated in 1969-70 and 670 flint tools, 50 ferrite cores and nearly 10,000 stone chips and other objects including the waste materials from tool making and “Musterian spearheads” were found. Unfortunately, the chemical composition of the soil has destroyed most of the fossils and bones which should have been left in the places where the prehistoric settlers ate. Bone remains which have been identified include a rhinoceros from the period mentioned, a prehistoric horse and an animal belonging to the deer family, probably a buck, from the mid to late pleistocene period.
Pottery from the nomads in the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age was also found.
The town produces olives which are used to make an Olive oil, which has a special guarantee of quality and origin.
Teruel (province)
Teruel is a province of Aragon, in the northeast of Spain. The capital is Teruel.It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia , Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Zaragoza....
, Aragon
Aragon
Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...
, Spain
Spain
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. According to the 2004 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
(INE
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
The National Institute of Statistics is the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about demography, economy, and Spanish society. Every 10 years, this organisation conducts a national census. The last census took place in 2001....
), the municipality has a population of 470 inhabitants, and is at an altitude of 704 meters.
The village has an important military tower called “Torre de los Moros”. The tower was built by the Moors and is square with a pyramidal front elevation. It takes us back to the time of reconquest battles and is one of the oldest towers in the province.
The 18th century parish church is dedicated to the Assumption. It has three naves and a dome which has pendentives with bas-relief decoration. The 16th century gothic-renaissance style hermitage dedicated to El Calvario (Calvary) and the restored 17th century hermitage dedicated to San Miguel (St. Michael) are found on a promontory.
Paleontological Discovery Centre
The Paleontological Discovery Centre is a very interesting place to learn about Musterian culture, characteristic of the mid-Paleolithic period (between 50,000 and 35,000 BC).The Covacho de Eudoviges archaeological site is found at the top of a ravine which runs into the river Martín. It was excavated in 1969-70 and 670 flint tools, 50 ferrite cores and nearly 10,000 stone chips and other objects including the waste materials from tool making and “Musterian spearheads” were found. Unfortunately, the chemical composition of the soil has destroyed most of the fossils and bones which should have been left in the places where the prehistoric settlers ate. Bone remains which have been identified include a rhinoceros from the period mentioned, a prehistoric horse and an animal belonging to the deer family, probably a buck, from the mid to late pleistocene period.
Pottery from the nomads in the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age was also found.
The town produces olives which are used to make an Olive oil, which has a special guarantee of quality and origin.