Muro de Roda
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Medieval walled enclosure that overlooks the entire La Fueva valley from its altitude of over 1000 meters.
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This is a large religious and military enclosure built to shelter the inhabitants of the valley’s villages and their livestock in case of attack. It was constructed around 1017 by Sancho III the Great, during his campaigns to reconquer Sobrarbe and Ribagorza.
Inside the walled enclosure, the Romanesque church of Santa María de la Asunción stands out, with its apses forming part of the wall and its bell tower serving as a defensive tower guarding the only entrance to the site. At the southern end of the enclosure, there is another small building: the hermitage of Santa Bárbara.
Outside the walls, to the north, there is another group of buildings: the pre-Romanesque hermitage of San Bartolomé, the former town hall, and the old jail.
Scattered around the mountainside are numerous small villages that, until the 1960s, formed the municipality of Muro de Roda: Luján, El Humo, Charo, and Lalueza (still inhabited), and A Corona, Fumanal, A Lecina, Ministirio, O Pamporciello, A Plana, O Plano, O Pozino, Susiaz, and O Sotero, which are now uninhabited.
Level
The magnificent religious and military complex of Muro de Roda is accessed from the town of Tierrantona, the capital of the La Fueva Valley, via a dirt track that can be somewhat difficult in places
Relevance
The religious and military complex is designated as a Site of Cultural Interest (BIC).