Aljafería Palace

It was built as a leisure residence of the Taifas Kings, under the rule of the king al-Muqtadir. It conserves part of its primitive fortified precincts.

Later, it was reformed by the Christian Kings and most of it reformation was carried out by Fernando el Católico becoming a Christian alcazar of royal ownership. The palace has a great rectangular courtyard, with reservoirs on both ends next to two side porticoes with Late Gothic and polilobed arcades.

The exterior towers are rounded except for the Troubadour Tower that should be highlighted because of its height and rectangular floor, of great dimensions and organized in several floors. In the Northern portico, there is a small oratory of octagonal floor, with the mihrab in one of its sides decorated with atauriques (Islamic decoration based on vegetal motives).

From Christian times, it conserves a staircase of honour, several rooms decorated with sober coffered ceilings, and especially the Throne Room, that could be placed among the best works of this kind.

Nowadays, this palace is the headquarters of the Regional Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Aragon.