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Jaca

Also known as Iaca

Jaca is a town in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain, in the upper valley of the Aragón river near the Pyrenees. As Iaca it was a town of the Iacetani and later a Roman settlement. In the 11th century it was the first capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, and its Romanesque cathedral is one of the oldest in Spain.

Jaca
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IacetaniCounty of AragonKingdom of Aragon

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jaca. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jaca
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