Zaragoza Weekend: April 8,9,10¶
Overall Plan¶
Guided tour of the city center (including the cathedrals: Basílica del Pilar and La Seo)
Visit to the Museo del Foro de Caesaraugusta
Palacio de la Aljafería
Museo del Teatro Caesaraugusta
Guided Tour of Old Town of Belchite (Civil War)
Thoughts from Bruce:¶
A2 - the route to Segeda passes through La Muela which is a massive wind farm on both sides of the route. Stopping anywhere along this route in the wind farm would allow a 30 min discussion of the structure of wind farms and wind turbines. Possible cultural discussion of politics given that the Mayor of La Muela was a great booster for wind farms in Aragon but was also convicted of substantial corruption recently.
Segeda itself is a great example of using astronomical cycles connected to physical objects as markers for important dates. Beside the historic sense of people in Iberia long before modern European culture seems valuable. www.segeda.net/8cia/pdf/11_3_Arqueoastronomia_Burillo.pdf
Retracing the road back to A-220 could take us smoothly to Belchite depending on schedule.
From Belchite about 10 km E on A-1307 is an unusual solar farm that is a tracking system (most are fixed) which would support a valuable discussion about why this approach is no longer cost effective and how it is (slightly) more efficient at providing power.
La Escuela-Museo de Origami de Zaragoza (EMOZ)¶
The Origami museum in Zaragoza is apparently a hidden gem (according to visitors and Rick Steves). It is only 3€ and it appears to be open in the evenings while we are in Zaragoza. A possible thing to do in some of your free time. I’m certainly planning to see if I can get there. Here is the link to the EMOZ page which is also available in English (top right). Below is the show that will be on display while we are there.
In case it’s handy or you can’t remember the name here is a map. We will be visiting various places to the west (left) of these part of town but I suspect we’ll be on the same side of the river for our hotel.
