Medinaceli

Spain's only three-arched Roman gateway stands in Medinaceli, a hilltop town some 1,200 metres up, looking down on the Jalón valley. Some lanes are so narrow you can touch both walls with arms outstretched, and the large Plaza Mayor, laid over the Roman forum, is closed by the palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli. Some accounts say Almanzor died in its Moorish citadel in 1002.

Highlights

• The three-arched Roman arch, built between the 1st and 3rd centuries
• Plaza Mayor, a setting for Sergio Leone's 1971 film Giù la testa
• Colegiata de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, home of the Cristo de Medinaceli
• The medieval nevero, a half-buried store where packed snow kept food cool
• The Arab gate, one of the few surviving parts of the old walls

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