Huesca

Capital of Aragón until the royal court moved to Zaragoza in 1118, Huesca was founded by the Romans a millennium earlier. The city became an independent state with a senate and an excellent school system organized by the Roman general Sertorius in 77 BC. Much later, after centuries of Moorish rule, Pedro I of Aragón liberated Huesca in 1096. The town's university was founded in 1354 and now specializes in Aragonese studies.

Huesca at a Glance

Elsewhere in The Pyrenees

• Aínsa
• Aragüés Valley
• Baztán Valley
• Beget
• Bellver de Cerdanya
• Benasque
• Bielsa
• Burguete (Auritz)
• Camprodón
• Espot
• Hecho and Ansó Valleys
• Jaca
• La Seu d'Urgell
• Llessuí
• Llívia

• Martinet
• Molló
• Panticosa and the Tena Valley
• Puigcerdà
• Ripoll
• Roncal Valley
• Roncesvalles (Orreaga)
• Salardú
• San Juan de Plan and the Gistaín Valley
• Sant Joan de les Abadesses
• Setcases
• Sort
• Taüll
• Vall d'Aran and Environs
• Vielha
• Zaragoza

See Also

• Spain
• The Pyrenees