The parish church was built in the 16th century, however originally it must have belonged to the Aragonese Mudejar type of church-fortress. This typology is reinforced by its location on a hill overlooking the valley and the fact that the tower is not accessed from the street level but from the second floor.
The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar was built between 1681 and 1754 in a classical style. It is famous for containing a pillar which, according to tradition, was placed by the Virgin Mary in the year 40. The cathedral is a listed monument and one of the 12 “Treasures of Spain”.
The Church of San Juan de los Panetes is a Baroque church listed as a national monument. Its construction was completed in 1725, in replacement of the destroyed church of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
This female monastery of the Holy Sepulchre was founded in Zaragoza by Marquesa Gil de Rada, who in 1300 had been widowed by Pedro Fernández de Híjar, the illegitimate son of Jaime I. The monastery is still active.
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