Sobrarbe

Sobrarbe is a comarca of Aragon, Spain. It is located in the north of Huesca province, making up part of the autonomous community of Aragon. Many of its people speak the Aragonese language locally known as ''fabla''.

Sobrarbe is a mountainous region with some of the highest peaks in the Pyrenees, ANTOR CASTELLARNAU, Ramón ''et alter''. ''Sobrarbe'' (num. 21 en a colección Red Natural de Aragón); Ed. Gobierno de Aragón + Sodemasa + PRAMES. Zaragoza, 2008. ISBN 978-84-8321-821-1 PALLARUELO CAMPO, Severino et al. ''Comarca de Sobrarbe'' (Num. 23 en a «''Colección Territorio''»). Gobierno de Aragón; Zaragoza, 2007. ISBN 84-7753-630-9 extending from the heights of the Axial Pyrenees in the north on the border with France, to the external Pyrenean mountain ranges in the south which separate it from the Aragonese mountains.

The administrative capital is Boltaña and the economic capital is Aínsa.

History

Sobrarbe was one of the Christian principalities of the Marca Hispanica, with obscure origins. Legend says there was a Kingdom of Sobrarbe, where a cross appeared upon a tree ().

It became part of the County of Aragon, but in the early 9th century was held for five years by Amrus ibn Yusuf, the governor of Zaragoza, retaken after his death.

Sobrarbe was joined to the County of Ribagorza in the early 10th century through the marriage of Bernard I of Ribagorza to Toda Galíndez of Aragon, daughter of Galindo Aznárez II. However, in the late 10th and early 11th century, a series of incursions from the south left it disorganized and depopulated, and for a time it fell back under Muslim control. This was reversed by Sancho the Great of Pamplona, who reconquered the region in 1015, later extending his power into Ribagorza. Whatever hereditary claim might have existed was subsequently brought to Sancho through his wife Muniadona of Castile, heiress to the Ribagorza counts.

Sancho divided the territories he had united, and his third son, Gonzalo, was given the counties of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza. After Gonzalo's death in 1038, his illegitimate half-brother Ramiro I of Aragon took Sobrarbe and Ribagorza, creating the nucleus of the Kingdom of Aragon.

Sobrarbe Geopark

The entire territory of Sobrarbe is "Sobrarbe Geopark" which is a member of the European Geoparks Network (2004–) and Global Geoparks Network (2006–) on account of its outstanding geological heritage, educational programs and projects, and promotion of geotourism.Sobrarbe Geopark (Geoparque de Sobrarbe)
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Municipalities

Abizanda, Aínsa-Sobrarbe, Bárcabo, Bielsa, Boltaña, Broto, Fanlo, Fiscal, La Fueva, Gistaín, Labuerda, Laspuña, Palo, Plan, Puértolas, El Pueyo de Araguás, San Juan de Plan, Tella-Sin, Torla

See also

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* Solana Valley
* Kingdom of Sobrarbe

References

External links

Sobrarbe official siteTurismo Sobrarbe. Portal Turístico de la Comarca de SobrarbeSobrarbe Geopark (Geoparque de Sobrarbe)Folklore

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Comarcas of Aragon
Geography of the Province of Huesca
Pyrenees