Torrelacárcel
NOT TO BE MISSED
Complement your visit with:
At your way:
The noise of the silence – go to page
History on the Rock – go to page
Going with the flow – go to page
Entrench:
Torrelacárcel/Singra, Búnker Cabezo Alto – go to page
Torrelacárcel, Forts- go to page
Argente, Serretilla Mascarón Trenches – go to page
Celadas, Santa Bárbara Front – go to page
Andatela:
Barranco de la Hoz (Aguatón) hiking trail – go to page
Hiking trail through Sierra Palomera (Torremocha) – go to page
Hiking trail of the Barranco Cardoso (Almohaja) – go to page
Others:
Rural house Tío Lorenzo
Services:
Inhabitants: 142
Altitude: 979 m.
Demonym: Torrelacarcino/a.
Website: www.torrelacarcel.es
How to get there?
35.2 kilometres from Teruel on the A23 and the N-234 towards Zaragoza. See map
NATURAL HERITAGE
Go to the river Jiloca
Holm oak forest.
Alto del Ruido (near Palomera).
There are many fossil remains of sea shells.
Hunting reserve: Quail, rabbit, hare, partridge, wild boar and roe deer. There are specimens of mountain goat but hunting is not allowed.
Routes:
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
Church of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles. It was built in the 16th century. Its 16th-century Plateresque façade and another later one from the 18th century stand out. The bell tower served as a prison and thus gave the village its name.
Hermitage of San Roque and San Agustín.
Town hall, built in the 18th century.
Entrance arch to the house where Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull, Viceroy of Peru, was born.
Former Parador de Postas.
Casa Grande.
Windmill.
Peirones.
Civil War bunker.
FESTIVALS AND TRADITIONS
“Los Mascarones”. It is a carnival festival, which was celebrated until the Civil War. It has recently been recovered. It is held on the first weekend of carnival (approximately the 3rd of February). The villagers dress up in devil’s masks, dressed in white clothes (it can be a ”calzoncillo mariano”(long underwear), T-shirts or other garments), with humps, cowbells and a zurriaga (bag) made of leather to beat the rest of the people. They make a parade, knock on doors to get ‘mistela’, pastries ….. In the old days they used to cover their faces with oil, both those of the participants and the rest of the neighbours, hence the name, but nowadays they wear masks. Between 20 – 30 masks take part, of all ages and both sexes. The fiesta was banned during Franco’s regime because they did not allow them to wear a covered or stained face.
Pilgrimage to the Virgen del Castillo de Aguatón (only people from Torrelacárcel go). It is held on the first weekend in May.
San Isidro, 15th May. High Mass and Spanish wine for the whole village.
Fiestas in honour of Santa Úrsula and San Roque, held on the Sunday before 15th August.
Pilgrimage to the Virgen del Castillo de Aguatón, held on the first or second weekend in September. There is a pilgrimage to the Ermita de la Virgen del Castillo de Aguatón in which seven villages in the surrounding area take part.
Santa Úrsula, 21 October. Popular lunch and dinner with dancing, procession and Spanish wine (a public snack).