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==Main sights== The beauty of the town's cultural inheritance, which has some [[Islamic]] influence, has been recognised by [[UNESCO]], which includes four churches in the [[World Heritage Site]] [[Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon]], notably the town's ornate [[Teruel Cathedral|cathedral]] in the [[Mudéjar art|Mudéjar]] style.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alejandro Lapunzina|title=Architecture of Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDmR2i32cygC&pg=PA37|year=2005|publisher=Greenwood|page=37|isbn=9780313319631}}</ref> One of Teruel's best known monuments is very small statue of a bull on top of a tall column, known as ''El Torico'' ("the little bull"). It is located in the main square, ''Plaza Carlos Castell'', more commonly known as the ''Plaza del Torico'' in the middle of the town center. Other sights include: *''Torre de El Salvador'' (14th century), in ''mudéjar'' style<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teruelmudejar.com/|title=Torre mudéjar de El Salvador, Patrimonio Mundial de la Humanidad.|website=www.teruelmudejar.com}}</ref> *Cathedral: Catedral de Santa María de Teruel, in ''mudéjar'' style *''San Pedro'', a ''mudéjar'' church (16th century) with a tower similar to that of the cathedral. It includes a mausoleum, Mausoleo de Los Amantes, housing the [[mummy|mummified]] bodies of Isabel de Segura (a wealthy woman) and Diego de Marcilla (a poor man who battled at Crusades to earn some money with the intention to return to get married with Isabel) whose love ended tragically. This story is known as ''[[Lovers of Teruel|los amantes de Teruel]]'' and has inspired writers (for example Hartzenbusch) and an opera composed by [[Tomás Bretón]]. *Church of ''La Merced'', with a bell tower in ''mudéjar'' style (the upper sector added later in Baroque style). *Church of ''San Salvador'' (17th century), with one of the most outstanding ''mudéjar'' towers. It houses a 14th-century wooden sculpture of Christ. *Church of ''San Martín'' (17th century). *''[[Torre de San Martín]]'' (14th century), in ''mudéjar'' style *Church of ''San Miguel'' (12th century), remade in the 17th century in Baroque style. *''Castillo de Alambes'', a 15th-century fortification built over the Arabic Alcazar. *''Casa El Torico'', ''Casa Ferrán'' and ''Casa La Madrileña'', 1910s liberty style houses *Palace of the Marquis of Tosos (17th century) *The Gothic church of St. Francis (1391–1492). It has a single nave with chapels covered by a ribbed vault with no crossing. *''[[Los Arcos aqueduct|Los Arcos]]'', an aqueduct with two orders of arcade from 1538. On the outskirts of Teruel is Dinópolis Teruel, a combined [[theme park]] and [[museum]] centred on [[dinosaur]]s. Promoted as a [[paleontology|paleontological]] park, it includes a life-size robotic model of a ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2005/09/23/ninos/1127426456.html|title=ELMUNDO.ES/METROPOLI - Como hace un millón de años|website=www.elmundo.es}}</ref> Dinópolis also owns three other museums in the surrounding area, which display the remains of dinosaurs discovered in the region. The chimney of the [[Teruel Power Plant]] is one of the tallest freestanding structures in Western Europe. <gallery caption="Sights of Teruel" mode="packed"> File:El Torico 2024.jpg|El Torico Fountain File:Torre de El Salvador 10.jpg|Mudéjar Tower of El Salvador (14th century) File:Museo de Arte Sacro, Teruel, España, 2014-01-10, DD 42.JPG|Glass roof of the museum of religious art in Teruel File:Escalinata neomudéjar (Teruel).jpg|La Escalinata </gallery>
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