Zaragoza
Imperial Capital on the Ebro
Zaragoza, Aragón's capital, is a city of two thousand years layered atop each other—Roman Caesaraugusta, Islamic Saraqusta, and the Christian kingdom's seat of power. The Basilica del Pilar, Spain's holiest Marian shrine, stands beside a Roman forum and a Moorish palace. And in the surrounding province, the Moncayo mountain guards ancient legends while the Monegros desert stretches like a forgotten sea.