Graus

village in Spain

Graus (Spanish: [ˈɡɾaus], Catalan: [ˈɡɾaws]) is a village in the Spanish province of Huesca, It is noted for its impressive Basilica de Santa Maria de la Pena and for a nearby Buddhist monastery. It is one of the areas of Aragon where the Aragonese language is still spoken.

Main Square

Understand

It is the administrative capital of the comarca of Ribagorza, and is home to about 3,300 people (2018).

Graus sits at the confluence of rivers Esera and Isabena in the Pyrenees mountains.

The Battle of Graus took place here, and Spanish philosopher Baltasar Gracián y Morales was exiled here. During the Spanish Civil War, the village of Graus served as a fairly important local commercial center with 2,600 inhabitants around 1936. It was a libertarian stronghold and a centre of collectivization at that time.

Get in

Graus is served by major bus lines from several other municipalities, including Jaca, Barbastro, Huesca, and Zaragoza.

Get around

See

  • 🌍 Basilica de Santa Maria de la Peña. A chapel dedicated to Santa Maria was built around 1200 in a cavity in the rock, partly remaining under the pavement of the current church. This was started to be built around the year 1640 by the master Joan Zeant and then by Joan de Marta. The construction ended in 1650 and the soul of the work was the bishop of Huesca, Esteve d'Esmir, who, in 1654, was buried in the sanctuary. (updated Oct 2018)
  • 🌍 Main Square (Plaza Mayor). (updated Mar 2024)
  • 🌍 Museo Parroquial. (updated Mar 2024)
  • 🌍 Dag Shang Kagyü. Buddhist monastery. (updated Oct 2018)
  • 🌍 viewpoint Corazón de Jesús. (updated Mar 2024)
  • 🌍 Mirador de Las Forcas. (updated Mar 2024)
  • 🌍 Ermita de San Miguel. (updated Mar 2024)

Do

  • Town Festival, September 12 to 15, in honour of Holly Christ and Saint Vicent Ferrer. This festival is declared "National Touristic Interest", mainly for they rich and varied traditions: one of the best preserved bagpipe tune and dance ("Baile de las Espadas", "Swords Dance") in Aragon, along with the traditional giants and "cabezudos" (big heads), blunderbusses, "Albada songs" and one of the best preserved mojiganga in Spain called "La Mojiganga".
  • La Fiesta de la longaniza (Festival of the Longaniza), to celbrate a typical local dish. Each year, the last weekend of July is prepared the world's largest barbecue with 1100 kg of longaniza since 1997.

Buy

  • 🌍 Pastelería J. Puyet, Calle Angel Samblancat. (updated Mar 2024)

Eat

  • 🌍 Restaurante Casa del Barón, Plaza Mayor 10. (updated Mar 2024)
  • [rokola@hag.es Rokola], Calle Barranco 41. (updated Mar 2024)

Drink

  • 🌍 Aires del Sur, Plaza Mayor. (updated Mar 2024)

Sleep

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