Daroca

Daroca occupies a valley of the Jiloca, enclosed by extensive walls that climb the neighbouring hills. Once a Muslim settlement, it became a fortified Christian town and the centre of a community of villages. Its church treasured the Holy Corporals, relics associated with a Eucharistic miracle said to have occurred during the conquest of Valencia. According to the account recorded in the fourteenth century, consecrated hosts were found stained with blood before a battle.

In the War of the Two Peters, Daroca resisted the forces of Peter I of Castile. Peter IV of Aragon rewarded its defence by granting it the title of city in 1366. The walls and gates of Daroca recall its long role as a stronghold near the Castilian frontier.