{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Manchones | nickname = | settlement_type= Municipality and village | image_skyline = Manchones 1.jpg | image_alt = view of Manchones from the south | image_flag = Bandera de Manchones.svg | image_shield = Escudo_de_Manchones.svg | image_map = Manchones.png | map_caption = Location of Machones within Campo de Daroca in Aragon | pushpin_map=Spain | pushpin_map_caption=Location in Spain | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name =[[Spain]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Aragon]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Zaragoza (province)|Zaragoza]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Comarca]] | subdivision_name3 =[[Campo de Daroca]] | leader_title = Alcade | leader_name = Jesús Pardillos Julián | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 27 | area_footnotes = <ref name="comarca data">{{cite web|url=http://www.comarcadedaroca.com/index.php/mod.pags/mem.listado/relcategoria.3050/menu.daroca|title=Manchones|work=Comarca del Campo de Daroca|year=2011|access-date=15 June 2011|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081302/http://www.comarcadedaroca.com/index.php/mod.pags/mem.listado/relcategoria.3050/menu.daroca|url-status=dead}}</ref> | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | elevation_m = 756 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="comarca data" /> | population_note = <ref name="INE">{{cite web |url= http://www.ine.es/nomen2/index.do?accion=busquedaRapida&subaccion=&numPag=0&ordenAnios=ASC&nombrePoblacion=manchones&botonBusquedaRapida=Consult+selection |title=Manchones, Zaragoza |work=Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute) |date=2011|access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> | population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postcode | postal_code = 50366 | area_code = 976 |coordinates = {{coord|41|09|N|1|28|W|display=title,inline|region:ES_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} | website = | footnotes = | }}
'''Manchones''' is a municipality in the [[Zaragoza (province)|province of Zaragoza]], [[Aragon]], Spain. According to the [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|Spanish Statistical Institute]] (INE), the municipality had a population of 123 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name="INE"/> The pueblo is in the [[comarca]] of [[Campo de Daroca]], about {{convert|6|km|mi}} northwest of [[Daroca]] and just southeast of [[Murero]] in the Calatayud-Daroca depression. The [[Jiloca River]] passes to the west.
The parish church is dedicated to the [[Conversion of Paul the Apostle|Conversion of St Paul]]. There are some remnants of defensive walls from the time of the [[Reconquista]], when [[Alfonso the Battler]], king of Aragon, forced a route through towards [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] from [[Zaragoza]].
==Situation== Manchones is a small settlement situated at the base of a hill in the valley of the river Jiloca, between [[Calatayud]] and Daroca.<ref name="Cid">{{cite web |url= http://www.caminodelcid.org/Poblacion_Manchones.aspx |title=Camino del Cid: Manchones |language=es|work=caminodelcid.org |year=2011|access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> The pueblo lies on an ancient route between the [[Meseta Central#The Inner Plateau and associated mountains|Meseta Central]], the [[Ebro]] and the coast of the [[Levante, Spain|Levante]], which was certainly established in Roman times.<ref name="Daroca">{{cite web|url=http://cicic.unizar.es/daroca/es/naturaleza/Jiloca.htm|language=es|title=Río Jiloca|publisher=Centro de Cálculo de la Universidad de Zaragoza|last1=Domínguez|first1=José Antonio|last2=Berné|first2=Luis Bolea|access-date=15 June 2011|archive-date=22 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222181041/http://cicic.unizar.es/Daroca/es/naturaleza/Jiloca.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History== Prehistoric remains have been found in the area and there is some evidence of [[Celtiberians|Celtiberian]] settlement in Manchones. It has been suggested that the name of the pueblo derives from ''mancusos'', gold coins in circulation in Aragon during the 11th century.<ref name="Cid" />
Diego López de Lobera, who served under [[Alfonso the Battler]] during the [[Reconquista]], was given the castle of Manchones in 1152.<ref>{{cite journal |url= http://www.xiloca.com/data/Bases%20datos/Cuadernos/C_20_47_72.pdf |title=El baile procesional de Munébrega en honor de San Cristóbal. El Ton de San Cristóbal|first=Pascual |last=Crespo Vicente |work=Cuadernos |language=es|format=PDF |year=2007 |issn=1136-8209|volume=20|page=53|access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> In 1248, by grant from [[James I of Aragon|Jaime I of Aragon]], Manchones was freed from its dependence on Daroca, becoming part of the Community of Daroca Villages, which was dissolved in 1838.<ref name="lafuente">{{cite web|url=http://www.comarcadedaroca.com/pub/documentos/documentos_documentos_Bloque_II._La_Historia._2._Historia_de_Daroca_y_su_Comunidad_ccb09b2d_c182f2de.pdf|title=Daroca y su Comunidad|format=PDF|language=es|first=José Luis|last=Corral Lafuente|work=Comarca de Daroca|year=2007|access-date=15 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906182943/http://www.comarcadedaroca.com/pub/documentos/documentos_documentos_Bloque_II._La_Historia._2._Historia_de_Daroca_y_su_Comunidad_ccb09b2d_c182f2de.pdf|archive-date=6 September 2011}}</ref>
==Fiestas== The festivities in honour of St. Vincent and St. Paul are held in the last weekend of January, coinciding with the feast of St. Valero in Zaragoza, while those in honour of [[Saint Roch|San Roque]] usually last five days, ending with the feast of the saint on 16 August. On August 15 they celebrate with a pilgrimage and a feast in the town square.<ref name="comarca data" />
==Buildings== The parish church of the Conversion of St Paul was built in the eighteenth century on the site of a medieval church and was restored in 2004–2005.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.xiloca.com/xilocapedia/index.php?title=Manchones#Patrimonio_arquitect.C3.B3nico |title=Manchones |language=es|work=xiloca.com |year=2011|quote=Manchones tiene una hermosa Iglesia Parroquial dedicada a La conversion de San Pablo finalizada su restauración entre los años 2004 y 2005. La base es de tapial con filas de ladrillo, planta de cruz latina con tres naves separadas por pilastras cruciformes de orden corintio y cabecera plana. Sus bóvedas de luneta y en el crucero cupula octogonal sobre pechinas de tambor y linterna. Su retablo mayor es de madera sin policromar y con escenas de la vida de San Pablo. Fue edificada en el siglo XVII sobre los restos de la primitiva iglesia medieval, y fue reformadad en el siglo XVIII. La torre tiene tres cuerpos y fue edificada a partir de 1776 por Alejandro Sanz, maestro de obras de Daroca. |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> Its chapel is dedicated to the [[Our Lady of the Pillar|Virgen del Pilar]] which contains a late 17th-century baroque [[reredos]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.redaragon.com/turismo/pueblos/pueblo.asp?accion=pagina&Poblacion_ID=485 |title=Manchones – Comarca de Campo de Daroca|work=Turismo en Aragón - RedAragon.com |year=2011 |quote=Villa de la provincia de Zaragoza situada en la depresión Calatayud-Daroca, cercana al río Jiloca. Su iglesia parroquial es de dimensiones considerables, dedicada a la Conversión de San Pablo y construida en fábrica de ladrillo y tapial. Torre de tres cuerpos a los pies del edificio rematada en chapitel de pirámide. Existe además una ermita dedicada a la Virgen del Pilar que guarda en su interior un retablo barroco de finales del siglo XVII. |language=es|access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> A 15th century wooden crucifix is housed in the sacristy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comarcadedaroca.com/pub/documentos/documentos_Gotico_d20aaedd.pdf |title=Gótica |format=PDF |language=es |work=Comarca de Campo de Daroca |year=2009 |access-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906183335/http://www.comarcadedaroca.com/pub/documentos/documentos_Gotico_d20aaedd.pdf |archive-date=6 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Surviving remains of defensive walls and towers indicate that Manchones was part of the defensive system for Daroca.<ref name="lafuente" />
==Famous residents== *[[Jesús Ángel Bernal Julián]] – actor and founder of Teatro de la Estación in Zaragoza.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.xiloca.com/xilocapedia/index.php?title=Bernal_Juli%C3%A1n%2C_Jes%C3%BAs_%C3%81ngel |title=Bernal Julián, Jesús Ángel|work=xiloca.com |language=es|year=2011|quote=Bernal Julián, Jesús Ángel |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> *[[Antonio Palacios Rodrigo]] – (1932–1958) bullfighter.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=12234 |title=Toreros aragoneses - Página de voz - Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa OnLine |last=Staff |work=Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa OnLine |publisher=DiCom Medios SL|date=27 April 2008|language=es |access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> *[[José Luis Roca Millán]] – (born 1934) past president of the Spanish Football Federation.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/ROCA/_JOSE_LUIS/BARO/_ANTONIO/HERNANDEZ_ESCORIAL/_PEDRO_ANTONIO_/PP/ESPANA/FEDERACION_ESPANOLA_DE_FUTBOL/candidatos/elpepidep/19841130elpepidep_9/Tes |title=Los seis candidatos|language=es|last=Staff |work=ELPAÍS.com |date=30 November 1984 |access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> ==See also== * [[List of municipalities in Zaragoza]]
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