Autumn Stockbreeding Fair of Biescas, Huesca, Pyrenees (October 2012)

As every year at the end of October, a very interesting Fair takes place in the beautiful village of Biescas. Located in the Pyrenees and surrounded by the most beautiful mountain landscape (Huesca Spanish province).

This weekend the Autumn Fair, which is always growing bigger and better, is one more year going to be full of activities such as different cattle shows, traditional games exhibition, mushroom tasting, veal tasting, etc. Among these activities, our cheese from Albarracín will be taking part of the IX Autumn Cheese Contest. (Cross your fingers for us).

As novelty of this year, there will be a new big top where the cheese and wine producers will be offering their own delicacies. The big top will be divided by two parts; one commercial and one for tasting and voting for the best Autumn cheese. There you will be able to taste some of our well known and award winners cheeses: Black Label, Green Label, Gold Label and more…

We recommend a little visit at least one day, you won´t regret being surrounded by all the stockbreeding environment together with other cultural activities: Photography contest, Gorriti festival, a puppeteer show of Binéfar and the previously mentioned tastings.

It´s a Fair made for all kinds of audience. ¡Come and check it out yourself!

Visit Teruel, Discover Albarracín And Join Us At La Quesería

Mudejar style in Teruel, the most typical and famous.

Teruel is a legendary city thanks to the famous story of the lovers of Teruel, it´s full of charming corners like the central Plaza del Torico, the aqueduct of the arches and the popular Paseo del Óvalo.

Aqueduct in Teruel

From the earliest times, several prehistoric and Iberian civilizations settled in the area of Teruel. Reaching the highest prosperity during the Middle Age, a wall was built around its perimeter to separate its Christian land from the Muslim kingdom of Valencia, right next to it.

Plaza del Torico

It was precisely this Islamic influence that left in Teruel and Aragon the most important Mudejar monuments of Spain. It´s a fusion of Gothic with Muslim architectural elements that make this style unique around the world.

Thanks to its history, Teruel is full of little charming streets to visit and wonderful museums, such as the Diocesan Museum of Teruel and the Provincial museum.

Near the city of Teruel are historic places and villages like Albarracín, declared a National Monument.

Albarracín was the former capital of a Moorish kingdom (Taifa), ever since it has preserved all its Islamic and mediaeval characteristics. This entire multicultural heritage brought a wide range of architectural and cultural styles and built the village as it is now; narrow, steep and unorganized streets are all around. The medieval defensive walls are much longer than the village itself. What we see today corresponds to three different periods of construction.

View of Albarracín and its wall

Albarracín also offers the opportunity to visit some museums; the Bishops Palace has a Diocesan Museum (Santa María Foundation) attached to it with a good collection of Flemish tapestries. Other museums that you should not miss are the museum of Albarracín, the Museum of theironworks and there is even a Toy Museum, all of them are places of great interest.

If after touring the whole day you still have strength enough to walk around a little more, we encourage you to go to any of the bars or restaurants in Albarracín and enjoy with a piece of the best cheese of the region; Cheese from Albarracín (Queso de la Sierra de Albarracín) accompanied with a revitalizing glass of wine. The fine texture and delicious flavour of our cheeses will help you out to recover some energy and it will be the best end of a journey that a person could ever have.
Surrounded by all this ancient heritage, La Quesería de Albarracín could not find a better environment to produce its cheeses, from taking care of its own ewe to the final process of tagging the cheeses; all respecting the artisan way of centuries of cheese culture.

Come visit us and enjoy all that Teruel, Albarracín and us can offer to you! Beautiful views and places and, of course, delicious food, specially jamón (Spanish ham) and our cheese.

The Foundation that keeps our cultural heritage: Santa María, (Albarracín, Teruel).

The Santa Maria Foundation in Albarracín is a non-profit organisation and an innovative project in which the outstanding and wonderful cultural heritage of Albarracín is managed.

The Foundation was created in 1996, promoted by several institutions of Albarracín. It´s located in the village´s old episcopal palace, which was restored thanks to a previous programme.

Its most important aims are:

• The economical and sociocultural development of the region.
• The restoration, conservation and management of the cultural heritage.
• To vitalize the cultural and historical legacy.
• The promotion of diverse cultural and educational activities.
• The establishment of collaboration sources among different organizations.

One of the most important Foundation aims is the architectural restoration. Since its beginnings many important monuments have been recovered from forgetfulness.

The constant activation of the village is due to the application of an important cultural programme, divided by different actions such as courses and seminaries, exhibitions and concerts. Since some time ago there has been a big development of an artistical creation programme designed for painting professionals on a first stage of creation and also for movable goods restorers.

At present Albarracín is also considered as a city for meetings and congresses. The infrastructures and services given by the Foundation make possible to celebrate any collective event, also supported by the numerous and very nicely furnished little hotels around Albarracín. 


Official website: http://www.fundacionsantamariadealbarracin.com