Sangüesa

Sangüesa stands beside the Aragón River on the pilgrimage road entering Navarre from Jaca and the pass of Somport. The kings of Navarre encouraged settlement here, and hospitals cared for the pilgrims who passed through its streets. During the Peninsular War, in 1812, the guerrilla leader Francisco Espoz y Mina defeated a French force near Rocaforte as it sought to reach Sangüesa.