Lumpiaque: Mudéjar Culture, River Landscape and Holiday Apartments

The Mudéjar tower of the Church of San Francisco de Asís in Lumpiaque has a square floor plan and consists of three structural sections, two of which belong to the original Mudéjar construction. The two original brick sections feature diamond patterns and pairs of round-arched openings. In 2002, the tower was classified as a listed cultural asset of Aragonese cultural heritage. The church itself was built in the 16th century from rubble masonry and brick, and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries.

When booking a holiday apartment in Lumpiaque, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation policies on the respective offer pages. Architectural history, river landscapes, waterworks and festivals can be considered as different focal points during your personal planning and weighted according to your interests.

Culture and Townscape

The Ermita de Santa Bárbara in Lumpiaque was built in the 18th century and restored in the 20th century. Its floor plan follows a Latin cross, with a nave, a slightly pronounced transept and a straight apse. Calle Muntadas is characterised by numerous 18th-century buildings with distinctive cove-shaped corbelled cornices.

The Granary of the Count of Aranda is a rectangular 18th-century building with two storeys and a gabled roof covered with Arab tiles. Chilos II in Lumpiaque is included in the list of caves and rock shelters with rock art that are considered cultural assets of special interest in Aragon. Rock carvings dating to the Bronze Age are located in the Chilos area.

Agriculture and Wine

The Huerta del Jalón fruit-growing area near Lumpiaque produces abundant fruit. The San Francisco de Asís cooperative in Lumpiaque was founded in 1955 to market the wine produced there from the products of Lumpiaque’s farmers. Before its wine-making activities ended around 2012, it produced the three types of wine Crianza, red wine and rosé from Garnacha, Tempranillo, Syrah and Macabeo.

Landscape and Water

Lumpiaque lies on the left bank of the Jalón River and extends across the river floodplain between the Jalón River and the Barranco de Rané. The Bodegón is a tunnel built into gypsum-bearing ground that reaches the local groundwater table; at the end of the tunnel, the spring water may be visible during certain seasons.

The Bodegón’s Roman water system consists of two underground tunnels dug into the rock: one leads to the springs, while the other carries the water outside. El Juncal is a recreational area outside Lumpiaque at the Barranco de Rané, with barbecue facilities and tables around a pond supplied by the Bodegón. The Ojos de Pontil protected area lies on the access road to Rueda de Jalón via Lumpiaque, approximately one kilometre before Rueda de Jalón.

Festivals

The San Roque festivities are celebrated in Lumpiaque on 16 August; a different neighbourhood organises them each year. Patron-saint festivities in honour of San Francisco de Asís and San Maximino take place at the beginning of October. Santa Bárbara is celebrated on 4 December.

Other places:Casas de Esper, Fayón, Cerveruela, Ainzón, Cariñena, Castejón De Valdejasa, Codo, Añón De Moncayo

Getting There

When travelling by car, take the N-II to kilometre 280, then continue on the C-126 to Épila and from there take the C-122 to Lumpiaque.

For the higher-level travel overview: Zaragoza.