Alloza is a municipality in
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
, located in the province of Teruel, in the
Andorra-Sierra de Arcos
Andorra-Sierra de Arcos is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located in Teruel Province and it is named after Sierra de Arcos, a range of this mountainous area of the Sistema Ibérico.
The capital is Andorra, with 7,335 inhabitants at the 2021 ...
region of the province of
Teruel
Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel (province), Teruel Province. It had a population of 35,900 as of 2022, making it the least populated provincial capital in Spain. It is noted for its har ...
. It has a population of 572 inhabitants (
INE 2020) and an area of 81.6 km².
Toponymy
The word Alloza comes from the Arabic اللوزة al-lawza(t), the almond, unit of lawz, almonds.
Prehistory
There are important archaeological remains in the municipality, such as that of "Partida de las Naves", where a flat bronze axe and a dagger have been found, both classified as Argaric (Ancient
Bronze
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).
The
Iberian
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site of Castelillo stands out, 2 km northwest of the municipality, which dates from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. It is a village located on a very steep hill, on the slopes of which are grouped the houses, built with stone plinths and adobe walls, and whose roof would be made of branches and mud. The rich pottery found is important, especially vases with very varied pictorial decoration.
See also
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List of municipalities in Teruel
This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Teruel in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. There are 236 municipalities in the province. List
See also
* Geography of Spain
* List of cities in Spain
* List of Aragonese comarcas ...
References
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel
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