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Loarre is the most beautiful castle in Europe
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At the end of the sxvI, inclement weather led to the castle being abandoned and its people settled in the town below, leaving the castle desolate
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Extension and building of the San Pedro church -
The castle is located in a town called loarre at 1070m high in the northwest of huesca.
It appeared in the movie "the kingdom of heaven" by ridley scott. -
After enlargement a canonical monastery of San Agustin was founded
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It was built over a rocky promontory, which gives it strategic vallue, it was ordered by the Pamlona King Sancho III.
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It has 2 Towers, the first one is the queens tower, and the other one has a kitchen and barracks.
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With the eviction of the Muslims, the castle lost militar character,losing out relevance and inlfuence
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Pedro I of Aragon, son of Sancho Ramirez, changed the congregation head to Montearagón, who lost the monasterial character
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They wall the enclosure
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Anton de Luna takes refuge in the castle, and defends it from the Muslims with his cousin the cistercian abbess of trasobares
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There is a legend that his ghost roams the castle
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Carlos Soler de Arques visited the castle before he died, and wrote about the ruinous state of the castle
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It was declared a national monument
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It appeared in the movie "the kingdom of heaven" by ridley scott.
