Helloo, adventurers of this nice worldmappin community, I hope you are having a great week. If you are as curious as I am, have you ever wondered What was the function of the Forts in the ancient centuries? Yes, it makes me wonder too. In this post apart from the beautiful landscapes that I will share with you, I will be mentioning some of the functions that these immense built works had.
Our adventure cost us a little more, even touring the Aragonese Pyrenees was not as difficult as it was to climb this fort located north of Huesca. This ancient construction now belonging to the municipality of Jaca has a very interesting history behind it.
First we left from the center at 13:00 hours, as we saw that it was a way of about 1 hour, we did not feel rushed so we took the path of the trail taking into account that you could go up the road that although it had quite difficult curves were more comfortable for our knees, but you could easily go by car.
Helloo, aventureros de esta linda comunidad de worldmappin, espero estén teniendo una grandiosa semana. Si eres tan curioso como yo, alguna vez te has preguntado Cuál era la función de los Fuertes en los antiguos siglos? Sí, a mi también me genera dudas. En este post a parte de los hermosos paisajes que les compartiré, estaré mencionándoles algunas funciones que tenían estas inmensas obras construidas.
Nuestra aventura nos costó un poco más, incluso recorrer los pirineos aragoneses no fue tan difícil como lo fue subir a este Fuerte ubicado al norte de Huesca. Esta construcción antigua ahora perteneciente al ayuntamiento de Jaca tiene una historia muy interesante detrás.
Primero salimos desde el centro a las 13:00 horas, como veíamos que era un camino de 1 hora aproximadamente, no nos sentimos apurados por lo que tomamos el camino del sendero teniendo en cuenta que podías subir por la carretera que aunque tenía curvas bastantes difíciles eran más cómodas para nuestras rodillas, pero fácilmente podrías ir en coche.
From the path you could observe as you ascended the view of the Town and some nearby establishments, the hospital that was a few meters before going up to the fort and other fields or orchards.
According to the signs this fort was built in this location in order to give it a decisive importance in the border defense against France.
Although it never saw combat, it had tragic episodes during the Civil War and served as a prison until the 1950s during the dictatorship.
As we climbed the trail, I had to take 2-3 minute breaks as it was very rocky and it was hard to keep up the pace to get there in time, we took a little over 1 hour for those small necessary breaks.
Desde el sendero podías observar a medida que ascendías la vista del pueblo y algunos establecimientos cercanos, el hospital que se encontraba a unos metros antes de subir al fuerte y otros sembraderos o huertos.
Según los carteles esté fuerte se construyó en esta ubicación con el fin de conferirle una importancia decisiva en la defensa fronteriza frente a Francia.
Aunque nunca llegó a entrar en combate, tuvo episodios trágicos durante la Guerra civil y sirvió como prisión hasta los años 50 durante la dictadura.
Mientras subíamos el sendero, tenía que hacer pausas de 2-3 minutos ya que era muy rocoso y me costaba mantener el ritmo para llegar a tiempo, nos tomamos un poco más de 1 hora por esos pequeños descansos necesarios.
I was impressed by the view and how small everything could be observed, the Fort's architecture and design made me feel like I was in an old time TV series. Although it is not allowed access to its facilities, since its last visit inside was in 1998 in an exhibition called The Inquisition: instruments of torture and capital punishment, there are a lot of photos on the website of the town that show how it is observed inside, since in 1978 it was subjected to a vote to turn it into a center of sporadic cultural activities and left many photographs as memories.
Me impresionó la vista y lo pequeño que se podía observar todo, la arquitectura del Fuerte y el diseño me hacia sentir en una serie de televisión de época antigua. Aunque no está permitido el acceso a sus instalaciones, ya que su última visita al interior fue en 1998 en una exposición llamada La inquisición: instrumentos de tortura y pena capital, hay un montón de fotos en la web del pueblo que muestran cómo se observa por dentro, ya que en 1978 fue sometido a voto para convertirlo en un centro de actividades culturales esporádico y dejaron muchas fotografías como recuerdos.
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We decided to go around the fort to get to know it a little more and it was more of the same, until we found some tourist apartments behind it and we took a short rest under a tree while we ate an apple and continued on our way home this time.
Back in town, we found a small hut with some faded photographs of the fort that had a lot of information, some of it illegible, about the beginnings of its construction, the chronology of this fort, materials used for its construction, historical moments, etc.
Although many forts are built to show wealth, influence and glory of a ruler or King, a fort is a Castle built to defend against any war. Unlike others, this one was basically for military use even though it did not need action or use of its artillery.
Decidimos rodear el fuerte para conocerlo un poco más y era más de lo mismo, hasta dar con unos apartamentos turísticos detrás y nos tiramos a tomar un breve descanso bajo un árbol mientras comíamos una manzana y así seguir con nuestro camino esta vez a casa.
De vuelta al pueblo, encontramos una pequeña cabaña con algunas fotografías desteñidas del fuerte y que tenían mucha información, alguna ilegible, sobre los inicios de su construcción, la cronología sobre este fuerte, materiales que se utilizaron para su construcción, momentos históricos, etc.
Aunque muchos fuertes son construidos para mostrar riqueza, influencia y gloria de un mandatario o Rey, un fuerte es un Castillo construido para defenderse de cualquier guerra. A diferencia de otros, este era básicamente de uso militar a pesar de que no necesito acción o uso de su artillería.
I hope you liked this incredible post about this curious fort built on the Rapitán hill. It is a unique adventure to climb this hill, even a fun family weekend plan, so you can also schedule guided tours. I highly recommend it, apart from the fact that the history is interesting. It was about 4 kilometers from where I was staying, so it was an amazing day for sports and soaking in some learning.
Espero les haya gustado este increíble post sobre este curioso Fuerte construido en la colina de Rapitán. Es una aventura inigualable subir esta colina, incluso un divertidísimo plan de fin de semana familiar, ya que también puedes agendar visitas guiadas. Lo recomiendo muchísimo a parte de que la historia es interesante. Fueron aproximadamente unos 4 kilómetros desde el lugar donde me estaba alojando, así que un día increíble para hacer deporte y empaparme de aprendizaje.
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Pictures are my property, taken with my iphone 11
English its not my native language, i apologize for any mistake in this post.
Edit with CANVA
I used Deepl to translate.
📍Carr. de Rapitán, Jaca, Huesca
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