Zaragoza travel
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Its old name comes from the old Roman toponyme, Caesaraugusta, that received in honor of the emperor Cesar Augustus in 14 a. The city of Zaragoza is almost 2000 years old, founded by the Romans along the river. C. The origin of the city goes back to Salduie, that was the name of the sedetana Iberian city located in the land of the present Saragossa from the second half of the III century a. C. It is documented in Iberian coins and with the name of "Salduvia" in a text of Pliny the Elder. With the foundation of Caesar Augusta, the Iberian city-state became an immune colony of Roman citizens. Its Roman denomination was evolving through the Arab Saraqusta.
The city has the titles of Very Noble, Very Loyal, Very Heroic, Very Charitable, Always Heroic and Immortal, granted especially after its resistance against the Napoleonic army in the Sites of Saragossa during the War of Independence. All these titles are reflected in their shield, by the initials of each of them. It celebrates its greater celebration in honor to the Virgin of the Pillar the 12 of October. The patron saint of the city is San Valero (January 29). Between June 14 and September 14, 2008, the year of the bicentennial of the Sites of Zaragoza and the centenary of the Spanish-French exhibition of 1908, Zaragoza hosted the international exhibition Expo Zaragoza 2008 dedicated to water and sustainable development. In 2010 Zaragoza was the fifth Spanish city with more tourism.14 In addition, the city of Zaragoza is home to the United Nations Secretariat for the 2005-2015 Water Decade.15 16 17.
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On the bank nest different species of birds, due to its river and trees.
The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa is an important baroque temple of Spain.
According to tradition, this is the first Marian temple of Christendom, since it preserves and venerates the pillar - in fact, a column of jasper - which, according to tradition, was laid by the Virgin Mary who, still living in Jerusalem, would have appeared in mortal flesh to the apostle James on January 2, 40. Documentaryly there is no evidence of what is recorded in tradition, the details of which date back to 1297 - in a bull of Pope Boniface VIII - and 1299 - a statement Of Jurados de Saragossa, where for the first time the invocation of "Santa Maria del Pilar" was witnessed, after having undertaken in 1293 the bishop Hugo de Mataplana a rehabilitation of the building that threatened ruin, thanks to the donations propitiated by the mentioned Pope
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