A beautiful abandoned monastery with incredible views and a very interesting story:

The monastery must have been founded at the beginning of the 8th century, before the Muslim invasion. In the seventeenth century it was renovated and expanded transforming the previous Romanesque church. The current sanctuary is formed by the church with a Latin cross plan with three naves. The central and lateral nave are covered by vaults of lunettes. The tower, low in height, stands next to the access. In front of the sanctuary stands the main door, of Renaissance style, carried out in 1701. It is made up of a huge atrium with open access on three sides by means of semicircular arches. On one side there is a small square where the most picturesque façade stands, in front of a viewpoint with an unbeatable view of the Tozal de Guara.

The life of San Úrbez was agitated. He was born in Bordeaux around the year 702 and moved to settle as a hermit and shepherd in Alto Aragón. He took the habits in San Martín de la Val de Onsera, in whose humble monastery he intended to retire. But after a long stay there, the bishop of Huesca ordained him a priest and sent him to Nocito as a priest. He was fulfilling his mission but living on the outskirts, in a cave near the monastery. He died in 802, when he was 100 years old. The relic of San Úrbez deposited in this sanctuary was the most complete since it had the mummified body of the saint in which his beard and hair could be appreciated. Here the relics were deposited until in 1936 they were thrown into a bonfire during the civil war.

More information: joreate.com/tag/santuario-san-urbez

Architectural information: sipca.es/censo/1-INM-HUE-006-163-011/Santuario/de/San/%C3%9Arbez.html#.YDThMJNKjUI

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CrisJaca

June 13, 2025

All of Guara is spectacular. The sanctuary has beautiful views of the Tozal de Guara.

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