Teruel
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Teruel Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°20′37″N 1°6′26″W / 40.34361°N 1.10722°W / 40.34361; -1.10722Coordinates: 40°20′37″N 1°6′26″W / 40.34361°N 1.10722°W / 40.34361; -1.10722
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Aragón
Province	Teruel
Comarca	Comunidad de Teruel
Judicial district	Teruel
Founded	1171
Government
• Alcalde	Miguel Ferrer (PAR)
Area
• Total	440.41 km2 (170.04 sq mi)
Elevation	915 m (3,002 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	35,396
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym	Turolense
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	44001 - 44003
Dialing code	978
Official language(s)	Spanish
Website	Official website

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Teruel (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈɾwel]) is a town in Aragon, eastern Spain, and the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 34,240 in 2006 making it one of the least populated provincial capitals in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate (hot in summer and very cold in winter), its renowned jamón serrano (cured ham), its pottery, its surrounding archaeological sites with some of the oldest dinosaur remains of the Iberian Peninsula, and its famous Fiestas (La vaquilla del ángel during the second weekend of July and "Bodas de Isabel de Segura" around the third weekend of February). Teruel is regarded as the "town of mudéjar" due to numerous buildings designed in this style. All of them are comprised in the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon which is a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.

Teruel's remote and mountainous location (it is 915 metres above sea level) and its low population has led to relative isolation within Spain. A campaign group with the slogan Teruel existe ("Teruel exists") was founded in 1999 to press for greater recognition and investment in the town and the province. Due in part to the campaign, transport connections to Teruel are being greatly improved with the construction of a motorway between Zaragoza and Sagunto, large parts of which are now open. However, Teruel remains the only provincial capital in Spain without a direct railway link to the capital, Madrid.

Climate[link]

Climograma of Teruel.

Teruel's climate is moderate continental of mountain. Summer temperatures are mild, although much temperature variation, and in the winter is cold, with low minimum temperatures sometimes drop to −10 °C. Have the minimum rainfall in winter and a maximum at the end of spring.

The temperature records recorded at the Observatoire de Teruel 39.3 °C on August 4, 2007 and −19.0 °C on December 26, 2001.

History[link]

El torico (The little bull), Teruel's totem.

Teruel was founded in 1176 by Sancho Sánchez Muñoz and Blasco Garcés Marcilla. In the Middle Ages Teruel possessed a prominent Jewish community, which was robust during the centuries Muslims were in power and enjoyed several privileges. Later on after the Christian reconquest of Spain, the Jewish community paid a yearly tax of 300 sueldos (in the 14th century). Its members were engaged in commerce and industry, especially in wool-weaving. During the persecutions of 1391 many of them were killed, while others accepted Christianity in order to save their lives.^[1]

Teruel was fought over in the Spanish Civil War and suffered much destruction. The Battle of Teruel in December 1937-February 1938, was one of the bloodiest of the war. The town changed hands several times, first falling to the Republicans and eventually being re-taken by the Nationalists. In the course of the fighting, Teruel was subjected to heavy artillery and aerial bombardment. The two sides suffered up to 100,000 casualties between them in the three month battle.

Main sights[link]

View of the mudéjar Cathedral of Teruel.

La Escalinata.

The beauty of the town's cultural inheritance, which has some Islamic influence, has been recognised by UNESCO, which includes four churches in the World Heritage Site Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon, notably the town's ornate cathedral in the Mudéjar style.

One of Teruel's best known monuments is very small statue of a bull on top of a tall column, known as El Torico ("the little bull"). It is located in the main square, Plaza Carlos Castell, more commonly known as the Plaza del Torico in the middle of the town center.

Other sights include:

• The Gothic church of St. Francis (1391–1492). It has a single nave with chapels covered by a ribbed vault with no crossing.
• Los Arcos, an aqueduct with two orders of arcade from 1538.
• San Pedro, a notable mudéjar church (16th century) with a tower similar to that of the cathedral. It includes a mausoleum housing the mummified bodies of Isabel Segura (a rich lady) and Diego de Marcilla (a poor man who battled at Crusades to earn some money with the intention to return to get married with Isabel) whose love ended tragically. This story is known as los amantes de Teruel and has inspired writers (for example Hartzenbusch) and an opera composed by Tomás Bretón.
• Church of La Merced, with a bell tower in mudéjar style (the upper sector added later in Baroque style).
• Church of San Salvador (17th century), with one of the most outstanding mudéjar towers. It houses a 14th century wooden sculpture of Christ.
• Church of San Martín (17th century).
• Church of San Miguel (12th century), remade in the 17th century in Baroque style.
• Castillo de Alambes, a 15th century fortification built over the Arabic Alcazar.
• Torre de San Martín (13th century), in mudéjar style
• Casa El Torico, Casa Ferrán and Casa La Madrileña, 1910s liberty style houses
• Palace of the Marquis of Tosos (17th century)

Plaza del Torico.

On the outskirts of Teruel is Dinópolis Teruel, a combined theme park and museum centred around dinosaurs. Promoted as a paleontological park, it includes a life-size robotic model of a Tyrannosaurus rex.[1] Dinópolis also owns three other museums in the surrounding area, which display the remains of dinosaurs discovered in the region.[2]. The chimney of Teruel Power Plant belongs to the tallest freestanding structures in Western Europe.

Transportation[link]

The city buses are run by Grupo Autobuses Jimenez.

Notable people[link]

• Luis Royo
• David Civera
• Manuel Macías y Casado, general and military governor
• Lelouch Vi Britannia, leader of the Black Knights
• Paula Guilló, Miss Spain 2010^[2]

See also[link]

• Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín.
• Lovers of Teruel

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Teruel

• Teruel existe
• Teruel Travelguide and Hotel bookings in English
• The main page of Teruel's Town Hall
• English World Heritage Centre
• Flickr Photos

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Jose Isias Cancio Allon (born July 6, 1959) is a retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name El Torero, a Bullfighter ring persona. Cancio also wrestled as Atlantico and Bronco but worked most of his career as El Torero. Cancio is a former Mexican National Welterweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Jose Cancio made his professional debut in 1985 B.C. after training under Chamaco Martínez and All Azteca in Mexico City. Cancio's first ring persona was an enmascarado (masked wrestler) known as Atlantico, not to be confused with professional wrestler Atlantis who started wrestling in 1993. As Atlantico Cancio worked for various Mexican professional wrestling promotions including Empressa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). In 1989 Cancio lost his mask in a Luchas de Apuesta, or bet fight, against Rey Misterio II in Tijuana, Baja California.^[1] After working unmasked for over a year Cancio changed gimmicks in 1991, becoming an enmascarado named " Bronco" .^[2] The Bronco gimmick only lasted a year or two before Cancio changed to the ring persona that he would be most known as, El Torero, the Bullfighter, unmasked and dressed like a matador complete with cape and elaborate jacket prepared by the Mexican designer Sandra Yunuem Angulo Vázquez.

As El Torero Cancio became a regular worker for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) from 1994 until 1997 or 1998. Torero made his first Pay-Per-View (PPV) appearance at AAA's annual Triplemanía show, TripleMania II-B where he teamed with Giro and Colorado to defeat Fantasma de la Quebrada, Marabunta and Audillo.^[3] Torero also worked TripleMania II-C, held only a few weeks afte II-B, teaming with Rey Misterio and Rey Misterio, Jr. to defeat the team of Fuerza Guerrera, Fishman and Pirata Morgan.^[4] In 1995 AAA decided to create a Mini-Estrella version of El Torero, named El Torito. El Torero and El Torerito rarely teamed up, each focusing on their individual careers. At TripleMania III-A, Torero teamed with El Mexicano and Dragon de Oro in a losing effort against El Signo, Negro Navarro and Misionero.^[5] On July 25, 1997 El Torero defeated Nygma to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship on a show in Cuautitlán, Mexico.^[6] El Torero decided to leave AAA while still holding the Welterweight champion and was allowed to keep the title by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling commission who sanctions the "Mexican National" championships. Torero held the title for 427 days, rarely defending it until he struck an agreement with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) (previously known as EMLL) to lose the Welterweight Championship to CMLL regular Arkangel de la Muerte.^[6] Following his title loss Torero worked on the independent circuit in Mexico until retiring sometime in the early 2000s.

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[6][7]

Lucha de Apuesta record[link]

References[link]

Professional wrestling portal