EVERY LAST WEEKEND OF JUNE, CASPE AND ALL ITS INHABITANTS, PROUDLY REMEMBER THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENT, WITH AN AMAZING AND INTENSE REPRESENTATION THAT TAKES PLACE ON THE STAIRS OF THE COLLEGIATE OF SANTA MARÍA LA MAYOR, THE EXACT PLACE IN WHICH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMMITMENT TOOK PLACE IN 1412, WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF A NEW KING OF ARAGÓN, OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE IN THE HISTORY OF SPAIN
Located in the easternmost part of the province, on the banks of the Mequinenza or Mar de Aragón reservoir, Caspe is the capital of Bajo Aragón, Zaragoza. In addition to be the quintessential destination for lovers of fishing and water sports, as the capital of the Sea of Aragon, it attracts many for its interesting history and culture.
Mar de Aragón 
Mar de Aragón 
Mar de Aragón 
Mar de Aragón 
Mar de Aragón 
Mar de Aragón 
Mar de Aragón 
Mar de Aragón 
Mar de Aragón
Its beautiful and relaxed town center has jewels such as the Collegiate Church of Santa María, one of the best examples of Aragonese Gothic art, which together with the remains of the medieval castle of Bailío, form the most outstanding architectural ensemble in the town.
Guadalope valley 
Caspe city center
You can also see beautiful palace-houses, such as that of Piazuelo-Barberán, the town hall, the Jewish quarter, interesting hermitages and the remains of the Miralpeix Roman mausoleum, transferred to the city, stone by stone, when the reservoir was built in the 1960s.
On the outskirts of the town, rises the Salamanca tower, built in the 19th century during the Carlist wars. In addition, you can visit several sample sites from the Iberian past of the town, in the sites of La Tallada and Loma de los Brunos.
Castle of Commitment
Finished at the end of the XIV century at the hands of Juan Fernández de Heredia, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
It was degraded after the medieval period, gradually affected by the successive wars until its complete destruction, although it was possible to rehabilitate the Throne Room with the reconstruction project completed in 2012.
El Compromiso de Caspe
The Compromiso de Caspe was a pact established in 1412 by representatives of the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and the principality of Catalonia to choose a new king after the death in 1410 of Martin I of Aragon (the Human) without descendants and without naming a successor accepted.
It meant the enthronement by election of Fernando de Antequera, regent of the kingdom of Castile and member belonging to the Trastamara dynasty, in the Crown of Aragón.
The Compromiso de Caspe shows one of the essential qualities of the Crown of Aragón regime, in which legal legitimacy took precedence over political powers. This principle had a great influence on the development of the Spanish Monarchy.
The different candidates for the throne had supporters in each of the territories that made up the Crown of Aragón and even in the rest of the Spanish kingdoms, and the risk of division in the Crown was imminent. Pope Luna had a special interest in the succession to the throne, since, in the context of the Western Schism, there was the possibility that the Spanish kingdoms changed their obediences.
From that moment on, the machinery of the political powers of the Crown set in motion mechanisms that led to the Concord of Alcañiz and the Compromiso de Caspe. Between the months of March and April of 1412, the deliberations of the delegates began, who had a two-month period to obtain a result.
The original notarial act of proclamation of Fernando de Antequera as king of Aragón by the delegates on June the 25th, and the rest of the acts, writings, and official testimonies collected in the parliaments of Aragón, Valencia, and Catalonia, agree that the delegates gave its unanimous agreement to the appointment of Fernando.
This way, Fernando de Trastámara, who was in Ayllón, was proclaimed king on June the 28th, as Fernando I de Aragón, who on August the 5th, entered Zaragoza, where he swore his title before the Cortes with his son Alfonso.
For some years, at the end of June, the Commemoration of the Commitment in Caspe has been celebrated with notable success. Declared a Festival of Tourist Interest in Aragon, for three days, the entire town is decked out and its barrios take to the streets wearing costumes of the time, and medieval markets, archery exhibitions, falconry and other musical, recreational and cultural events.
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