This route will take to us to know the part oldest the town, thing that is difficult to appreciate by the continuous reforms that have undergone the houses during the time but still they are left details that can abstract to us to the medieval times, times that in our town begin in 1363, although ours first documentation dates from 1142. It will be difficult to find vestiges previous to that year because the Town totally was destroyed by the invasion of Castile and was necessary to reconstruct it.
Scheme of the Medieval Route. Push here to see the Tourist Plane of Cossonda (Castilian version)
So we initiated our way in "la Plaza'l Mercáu" (Plaza de España) [1], before "Fosal de San Juan" and urbanized in 16th century for the market outdoors and the public executions, being this ampler place and fitting much people.
“La Plaza’l Mercáu” in 1950
In this square we can appreciate the old inn and some traditional eaves in the houses, in addition to being able to imagine to us where now is "la Casa Lugar", the yellow building that for of Town Council, the old hermitage of St. John, building recovered in 1986, and which, although now has not been having much architectonic value, if that has enough historical value for us.
“La
Posada”
This hermitage was alienated to the Curacy of Cossonda in the Mendizabal’s Redemption of 1836, happening to be jails, schools, bull pens and, finally, seat of the Town Council. The walls of this hermitage were quite simple and a small bell ended that was on the door. Inside it had three altars: the power station, dedicated to St. John Evangelist, of linen cloth, the one of the side of the epistle, with an image of Our Lady, sculpture golden, and to the other side a picture on table representing St. Anne and a sculpture of St. Nicholas. In this place one assumes that they follow his rest of Mosen Pablo Romeo, promoter of the "Treaty of the Union", because it was buried in this hermitage the 3 of October of 1672.
“La Casa Lugar”, where long ago it was the Hermitage of St. John
