Huesca (Aragonese Uesca, Catalan Osca) is a city in Aragon, Spain. Huesca is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name. Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Huesca ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Catalan (Català, Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Capital Zaragoza Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47 719 km²  9,4% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 11th  1 217 514  2,9%  25,51/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Aragonese  aragonés Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 AR Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate... Huesca province Huesca is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Aragon. ...

[[TOCleft}} Its pre-Roman Iberian name was Bolskan, the capital of the Ilergetes, a name that was rendered as Osca (Urbs Victrix Osca) during the Roman Empire. Under the impetus of Quintus Sertorius, the renegade Roman and Iberian hero who made Osca his base, the city minted its own coinage and was the site of a prestigious school founded by Sertorius to educate young Iberians in Latin and Romanitas in general. The fully Romanized city, with its forum in the Cathedral square was made a municipium by decree of Augustus in 30 BCE. The name became Wasqah during the Arab domination, when the fortified city was a frontier bastion against the Christian counts and local kings of the Pyrenees. In 1094 Sancho Ramirez built the nearby castle Montearagon with the intention of laying siege to Wasqah; here me met his death by a stray arrow as he was reconnoitering the city's walls. It was conquered in 1096 by Peter I of Aragon. Iberia can mean: The Iberian peninsula of southwest Europe; That part of it inhabited by the Iberians, speaking the Iberian language. ... Quintus Sertorius (died 72 BC), Roman statesman and general. ... A municipium was the second highest class of a Roman city, and was inferior in status to the colonia. ... Augustus (plural Augusti) is Latin for majestic or venerable. The greek equivalent is sebastos, or a mere grecization (by changing of the ending) augustos. ... Sancho of Aragon (c. ... Events Bernhard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg First documented teaching at the University of Oxford Beginning of the Peoples Crusade, the German Crusade, and the First Crusade Vital I Michele is Doge of Venice Peter I, King of Aragon, conquers Huesca Phayao, now a province of Thailand, is founded as... Peter I of Aragon (circa 1068-1104) was king of Aragon and Navarre from 1094 to 1104. ...

Huesca celebrates its main annual festival in San Lorenzo (Laurence)— a native of Huesca martyred in Rome, 268 AD— which falls on August 10th. The fiesta starts on the 9th and finishes on the 15th. San Lorenzo, born in Huesca, was bishop of Roma and martyrized by Romans, burnt on a grill, so the grill is the symbol of this saint, and appears in many artistic expressions of the city. Saint Lawrence (Laurentius in Latin) was one of the seven deacons of Rome, where he was martyred in 258. ... Fiesta can mean: A festival or holiday. ...

Huesca, Miguel Servet park, in the center of the city

It is also the birthplace of film director Carlos Saura and his brother Antonio Saura, contemporary artist. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x872, 415 KB) Huesca, parque Miguel Servet. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x872, 415 KB) Huesca, parque Miguel Servet. ...

During the Civil War (1936-39) the "Huesca Front" was the scene of some of the worst fighting between Republicans and the rebels.

Churches of Huesca

Huesca is filled with churches.

• Cathedral begun by Jaime I of Aragon upon the ruined foundations of the mosque, in the late 13th century. The cathedral is in Gothic style, with a triple nave and lateral chapels. The Apostles are carved in the doorway reveal.

• Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo, a Romanesque church rebuilt in the 17th century, retains its cloister of 1140.

• Iglesia de San Lorenzo, 17th–18th centuries

• Iglesia de Santo Domingo, in Baroque style.

• Iglesia de la Compañía San Vicente, 17th century.

• Ermita de Ntr. Sra. de Salas-M.H.A.-, románico y barroco

• Ermita de Loreto -M.H.A.-, cuna de San Lorenzo según la tradición

• Ermita de San Jorge -s. XVI-, en recuerdo de la batalla de Alcoraz

• Ermita de las Mártires

• Ermita de Santa Lucía

• Ermita de Jara, in ruins

• San Miguel, Romanesque tower

• Santa María de Foris, románico de transición

• Santa Cruz, Seminary, on Romanesque foundations.

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Coffee in Huesca

Huesca is notable for the saying "Tomorrow we'll have a coffee in Huesca", which was a running joke among militiamen of the Spanish Civil War. In February 1938, George Orwell was stationed near the fascist-held Huesca as a member of the POUM militia. In Homage to Catalonia, Orwell writes about this running joke phrase, originally a naïvely optimistic comment made by one of the Spanish Republican generals. Orwell writes: History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Muslim Conquest of Iberia Timeline of Muslim Occupation Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell was a British author. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... The Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM, Spanish: Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista; Catalan: Partit Obrer dUnificació Marxista) was a Spanish political party around the time of the Spanish Civil War. ... Homage to Catalonia book cover Homage to Catalonia is George Orwells personal account of the Spanish Civil War, written in the first person. ...

Months earlier, when Siétamo was taken, the general commanding the Government troops had said gaily: 'Tomorrow we'll have a coffee in Huesca.' It turned out that he was mistaken. There had been bloody attacks, but the town did not fall, and [the phrase] had become a standing joke throughout the army. If I ever go back to Spain I shall make a point of having a cup of coffee in Huesca.

Huesca is famous also because of the legend of the Bell of Huesca.

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Reference

• Michael H. Crawford, 1985. Coinage and Money Under the Roman Republic in series Library of Numismatics (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd.), pages 84 - 102.