The Roman route of Guadalajara
During the middle of the 12th century, coinciding with the Christian conquests, Roman art was introduced throughout Molinés.
We begin our journey in the centre of the region, Molina de Aragón, which has a wealth of historic Roman monuments such as the 13th century church Santa Clara and the Las Clarisas convent, constructed by Pero Gómez. Outwardly there is a simple door with various impressive concentric arches and a semi circular apse. Inside there are several Fornero arches opened as vaults. Other important non Roman monuments here include the oratory churches of San felipe, San Pedro, Santa Maria la Mayor, San Martín and Santa Maria del Conde and the lovely renaissance convent, San Francisco.

Near Molina on the N-211 in the direction of Teruel you'll find Castellar de la Muela with the 12th century Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Carrasca, a lovely yet simple structure in whose interior you'll find an original Roman font. The Romerias of the surrounding villages are celebrated in this ancient hermitage. We rejoin the N-211 in the direction of Madrid, taking a stop at Tobillos which has its own 12th century Roman church with a simple arched façade and a triangular belfry.

We continue on the same road until we arrive at Cobeta, where we find the 17th century monastery - Buenafuente del Sistal. Declared a national monument this impressive monastery only has one nave, two semi circular arches and a capital decorated by many plants. Inside you can view the Cristo de la Salud chapel, the Sistal fountain and an ecclesiastic inn.

We now take the C-202 to Teroleja where we find the rural Roman church Molines de Teroleja, a simple structure with a belfry in two parts and an archway. Continuing on the same road we take a detour from Taravilla to Poveda de la Sierra, situated in a gully between pine forests in the heart of the picturesque Alto Tajo nature park. The Roman church has a triangular belfry and the capitals impressively decorated in medieval mythology, plants and animals, all of which are well preserved.

In the direction of Calatayud we take another detour to Rueda de la Sierra where we can visit the lovely Rueda Parish church, dedicated to Nuetra Señora de las Nieves. The main entrance has a spectacular archway decorated with points of diamonds.

Near the Rueda de la Sierra, on the C-202 you'll find Cillas whose parish church has an impressive bell tower made from masonry and ashlars. We continue on to Tartanedo where we visit the 16th century church dedicated to San Bartolomé. One of the capitals here is adorned with a figurehead sticking his tongue out. From Tartanedo we go on to Hinojosa and visit the Ermita de Santa Catalina, still structurally perfect and with only one nave inside.

We finish our enjoyable journey in Labros with the Santiago Apóstol church, predominately in ruins, but the main doorway is preserved and decorated with geometric drawings and medieval capitals.