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The Reconquista marked the beginning of a new phase for art and architecture in the Iberian Peninsula: Muslim craftsmen were allowed to stay and continue their work for the newly established Christian rulers. From the confluence of Christian and Islamic artistic traditions, the new Mudéjar art emerged, as an enclave between Islamic and Christian art. On this tour visitors will discover the magnificent fruits of this confluence in the Spanish region of Aragon. Zaragoza, the centre where Mudéjar art developed as a result of royal patronage, is the royal city where kings of Aragon were crowned, but other cities also reveal the masterpieces of Mudéjar art in this region: Daroca and Teruel, with their brick-built churches and towers richly embellished with tiled ornamentation, still show traditional Islamic ceramic production, while the unique figurative decoration is a graphic testimony to the everyday life of the different social classes in the Middle Ages. View Detailed Programme >> |