Editing Huesca (section)

==Main sights==
[[File:Huesca - Catedral, exterior 09.jpg|thumb|240px|Cathedral of Huesca]] 
[[File:Huesca - Fuente de las Musas.jpg|thumb|240px|Fuente de las Musas]]
A double line of ancient walls can still be seen in present-day Huesca.

Nearby, in the territory of [[Quicena]], lie the ruins of the [[Castle of Montearagón]] Monastery.

===Churches of Huesca===
* [[Huesca Cathedral]] (''Catedral de la Transfiguración del Señor''), a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic-style]] cathedral built by king [[James I of Aragon]] around 1273 on the ruined foundations of a mosque. Work continued until the fifteenth century, and the cathedral is now one of the architectural gems of northern Spain. The doorway, built between 1300 and 1313, has carvings depicting the Apostles. The interior contains a triple [[nave]] and chapels. It includes a magnificent high altar made from [[alabaster]], carved to represent [[The Crucifixion of Jesus|the crucifixion]], built between 1520 and 1533 by [[Damián Forment]]. The cloister and the bell-tower were built in the fifteenth century.
*[[Abbey of San Pedro el Viejo]], erected between 1100 and 1241, is one of the oldest [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] structures in the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. It was partially rebuilt in the seventeenth century, and retains its [[cloister]] built in 1140.
*Church of St. Lawrence (''Iglesia de San Lorenzo''), built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
[[File:Ayuntamiento de Huesca.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Huesca City Hall]]
*Iglesia de Santo Domingo, a [[Baroque]] style church. 
*Iglesia de la Compañía San Vicente, from the 17th century
*Ermita de Ntr. Sra. de Salas, a Romanesque and Baroque [[hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]].
*Ermita de Loreto, San Lorenzo's oldest hermitage, according to tradition.
*Ermita de San Jorge, built in memory of the [[Battle of Alcoraz]]
*Ermita de las Mártires
*Ermita de Santa Lucía
*Ermita de Jara, in ruins
*San Miguel, a Romanesque tower
*Santa María de Foris, built in a transitional Romanesque style
*Santa Cruz, Seminary, on Romanesque foundations.
*There are several old monasteries in the local area. One in the [[Castle of Montearagón]] contains the tomb of king [[Alfonso I of Aragon]] in its [[crypt]].
*The Museum of Huesca occupies the building formerly belonging to the old university. The famous "Bell of Huesca" lies in one of its vaults, and is said to have been constructed from the heads of rebels who were executed by King [[Ramiro II of Aragon]].