Utebo

Utebo is a city ( municipality ) in Spain. You more than twelve kilometers from the city center of Zaragoza in the province of Zaragoza the Aragon Autonomous Region.

Geography

The community consists of three population centers, the Old Town Casco Antiguo, which since the 1940s as a settlement evolving part of El Monte and the urban part Malpica, bordering the rural district Casetas the city of Zaragoza.

Utebo is located on the right bank of the Ebro. The municipal area is very flat and consists of two-thirds of agricultural area that is irrigated mostly from the rivers Ebro and Jalon and the Canal Imperial de Aragón.

Population

The population has grown considerably in recent years.

Attractions

Significantly Tens monument of the town is the parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción ( Assumption), which was built in two phases in the 16th and 18th centuries. The tower Campanar de los Espejos in Gothic- Mudejar style of the 16th century is known in Spain as a scaled replica of the Poble Espanyol in Barcelona is. The interior of the church from the second phase of construction is baroque; in particular the main altar of wood is worth seeing.

In the old town surrounding the church are beyond palaces dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. In the city there is in addition a museum with the works of the painter José Orús, the Centro Cultural Mariano Mesonada - Museo Orus.

Twinning

Utebo is twinned with Plaisance- du-Touch in France since 1992.

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