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Zaragoza History
The Roman Zaragoza dated back to 24 BC was founded by the legions that taken part in the Canadian wars during Augustus tomes. The name of the city was given by the emperor Caesaraugusta( Caesar Augustus), this important city with 30,000 inhabitants also have baths, sewers, a theatre(6,000 capacity), a market, temples, a port and a road network that connected it to the other cities in the empire. Under the domination of Visigothic over more than the three hundred years, like the rest of the country, Zaragoza fell under the Moorish influence in 714. Saraqusta became the capital of an important Taifa Kingdom, which reached as far as Tortosa and had its utmost splendour in the 11th century, when it became an international and cosmopolitan city for traders, and an important slave market. In 1118 the king of Aragón, Alfonso I, won Zaragoza back from the Moors and it became the new capital of the kingdom. The old main mosque of Saraqusta became a Romanesque cathedral, later Gothic and Mudéjar. The city economically blossomed in the 16th century, with 25,000 inhabitants; it became the fourth largest city in Spain after Seville, Valencia and Barcelona. Basically it was the city of traders. The second half of the 18th century saw progress in the city, due to the Enlightenment. A large number of public works were completed: the Royal House of Misericordia, the bullring, and above all the Imperial Canal, which traverses the city in the south. The beginning of the 19th century was with tragedy. In 1808 the French troops, alleging they were going to Portugal, took Spain. The first siege around Zaragoza took place during the summer of 1808. More destruction can be seen in the second half of the 19th century. All the vessel of respect was emptied for heritage and the Torre Nueva, a Mudéjar tower from the 16th century that was almost 70 metres high were destroyed. In addition to a part of the city wall, some gates and some palaces were destroyed. Having with nearly 650,000 inhabitants, Zaragoza is currently the fifth largest city in Spain. It is the seat of the Government of Aragón and is a modern city, which since the sixties has grown considerably.
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