Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Jaca

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Frontier fortress town facing France

In 1592 Felipe II ordered the building of the five-pointed citadel that defended the French frontier, and the Plateresque town hall dates from 1544. In 1571 it again had a bishop of its own, and in the War of the Spanish Succession it sided with the Bourbons, was besieged in 1707 and received from Felipe V the titles of very noble, very loyal and very victorious.

What to see today

Ciudadela de Jaca (Castillo de San Pedro): Fort, 1592 to 1679
Catedral de San Pedro de Jaca (Catedral de San Pedro): Cathedral, 1514 to 1792

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