Ayerbe

Ayerbe is a Spanish municipality in the province of Huesca Aragon of the Autonomous Region.

Ayerbe located in the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. It is 528 meters above sea level in the center of the Somontano, about 28 km from Huesca. Ayerbe has a railway station on the railway line from Madrid to Jaca and Canfranc.

The place has two elongated seats and is grouped around the former palace of the Marquis of Ayerbe (16th century) and a group of buildings.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Palacio de los Marquis de Urriés, built in the 15th century ( Bien de Interès Cultural )
  • Torre San Pedro, tower of a demolished church from the 12th century ( Bien de Interès Cultural )

Personalities

The Nobel laureate in medicine Santiago Ramón y Cajal lived for ten years in Ayerbe, where he Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the museum is dedicated.

Pictures of Ayerbe

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