Sariñena

Sariñena lies beside the Alcanadre in the dry country of the Monegros. Alfonso II granted its inhabitants the privileges of Zaragoza after the Christian conquest in the twelfth century. The town subsequently passed between royal and ecclesiastical lordship; in 1360 Peter IV exchanged it with Pedro de Luna for Pinseque. Its position made it an important centre in a sparsely watered region.