From far away you can see on the plain in which the population settles Muniesa slender tower of his church. Muniesa Township, is located north of Teruel province bordering the province of Zaragoza, and is part of the region of the coalfields.
"The iconic landmark and architectural gem Muniesa, the sixteenth-century Moorish tower, stands proud at the foot of the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, with its 55 meters height defines the profile of our people, on the wide plain that surrounds it. Along with the Church, was declared a national monument in the year 1931, and recently on 14 December 2001, in the Mudejar of Aragon, has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
was part of an earlier church also Mudejar expected XIV century, under the remains of a wall are still visible at the base, decorated with bands of diamonds and angulated brick and blight.
By octagonal, three meters on each side of base, with the angles highlighted by pillars, and the basement of masonry, five bodies are raised brick ledges separated by bands of stone and ceramic tiles in white and green arranged in friezes.
The first section has esquinillas ornaments and diamonds, with a thickness in the walls of 1.60 mts., The second presents diamonds and broken arches, and a wall thickness of 1.50 meters. And the third shows oculi, diamonds and spans half a point, a width of 1.10 m walls., in this body is located the bell, the room has the same decor, and until the end of the tower, a width of 70 ctms walls. and finally the fifth addition to the eye has sawtooth and a spire added presumably in the eighteenth century.
Its internal structure retains a hollow central pier to the height of the windows on the second floor, and between the outer wall of the tower has steps, 125 steps to the bell, following up access with metal frame mobile. "
Ref. page, Muniesa Web
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