Huesca

Huesca, a very old and picturesque town of Spain, on the Isuela, 55 miles by a branch-line NE. of Saragossa. Among its chief buildings are the cathedral (1400-1515), a beautiful Gothic edifice; the Romanesque church of San Pedro (1150-1241); the university, founded in 1354 by Pedro IV.; and a former palace of the kings of Aragon. The Osea of the Romans, where Sertorius was murdered in 72 B.C., Huesca afterwards became famous as a seat of learning. Tanning and manufactures of linens are here carried on to some extent. Pop. 13,043.—The province of Huesca has an area of 5848 sq. m., and a pop. (1887) of 254,958.