History - Sádaba The area began to repopulate in the eleventh century. In 1099 Mr. García Garcés were his and his wife Blanquita (Or Velasquita). In 1125 R. Arc published a document signed by Alfonso I who spoke of the castle. However, the current strength may not match in style with the XII century., So it is considered that there was a castle more primitive than the current dated in 1125, founded by Alfonso I the Warrior. In 1159 it was owned by a son of Mr. Don Pedro García, which meant a manor estate, something not common in Spain during the twelfth century.
During the minority of James I of Aragon, Arnaldo de Alascún bullied Sádaba neighbors and conducted raids the next Navarra, which Sancho VII "El Fuerte" acted militarily against him and put Sádaba under his protection in 1215, coinciding with the reign of powerful Jaime I El Conquistador, benevolent with the kingdom of Navarre because of its heavy debt , by and paternal inheritance to the king of Navarre.
In 1221, he had to repeat the operation against the son of former, Fortanet of Alascún, and his mother Mary, which gave the village in perpetuity. In 1223 already included as tenente Leret Fernando in "Sádaba News." What encouraged to think that was when the fort was built current. His successor Theobald I returned to town and castle Fortanet in 1244, a pleading of the Earl of see, but with all the obligations of a vassal. Aragon Sádaba again at the request of its neighbors in 1261. Years later put into weapons of war against Navarre and France in 1283.
A document of 1302 reveals that James II had 1200 salaries of Morgia Savial Jordan, wife of Ramiro Sánchez de Antillón, who had bought the castle Sádaba, and then G. guarding him Castell Nou.
In the War of the Two Pedros, was one of the hostages delivered to Charles II of Navarre during the negotiations between the two kings. Pedro IV sold the villa to Francisco de Villanueva in 1384, but residents bought their freedom in 1399 and Sádaba and did not come out of the Crown of Aragon. In 1452 he returned to attacks Navarre, like other border towns.
Description - Sádaba Castle is decorated late medieval style of the thirteenth century Cistercian. Shows no defensive elements, such as the keep or ditch or barrier, the loopholes and openings are scarce and has no battlements. As their own defense has the thickness of its walls, with square towers topped with battlements, and the ramparts, a part of the disclosure in turn, influenced by Arabic.
he was seen in the transition from archaic castle model, understood as a main tower within the walls ", becoming a sort of citadel defended by towers and walls its periphery. Responds to a new kind of strength that then stood in parts of Europe, and known as "Formula of Philip Augustus."
The walled area is rectangular, sides of 38x30 meters, and covers an area of \u200b\u200bover 1,000 square meters. The walls are made of carved stone blocks and worked perfectly placed in horizontal rows. His uniform and considerable height. In several of the towers and walls are narrow semicircular windows and loopholes very torn.
presents around his courtyard seven rectangular towers also very different from each other, four of them in the corners. The tower located in the southwestern part is a bit higher than the other and is the one the gateway to the fortified compound without this can be regarded as the tribute.
In the courtyard stands the tank, high capacity, with three arches which supported a dome that no longer extant. A narrow walkway traverses the parapet of the tower by passageways, and leads into a sort of hall found on the access to the parade ground.
The castle was owned for some time, of the Order of San Juan and so finds the cross of Malta registered in circle that appears at the door of the chapel in the courtyard. Decorate its interior a pair of attached semi, the north side of the gateway, which are interrupted with plain capitals. Two pilasters at each corner supporting arches, and the dihedral formed by the same, columns topped with capitals with simple geometric decoration in which the ribs alight Triple vault.
Conservation - was the scene of many wars. In the sixteenth century remained in good condition but was abandoned in the following centuries. For many years the fort remained Sádaba in total and utter neglect. It has now been taken over by the provincial administration of the Regional Government of Aragon is in charge of its restoration and conservation, as it is under the protection of the general declaration of the Decree of April 22, 1949, and Law 16/1985 on English Historical Heritage.
a result can be visited today by the Office of Tourism Sádaba.En inside are organized cultural activities such as art exhibitions and workshops.
(Information and photo from Wikipedia)
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