Daroca - Basílica de Santa María de los Sagrados Corporales

Daroca is a small town (pop around 2000), which was probably founded by the Moors around 800. After the reconquest of Aragón by Alfonso I de Aragón (aka el Batallador / the Battler) in 1120, the place developed further but was disputed between Aragon and Castile and was in the 13th/14th. Century secured with impressive city fortifications. Pedro IV de Aragón (aka el Ceremonioso / the Ceremonious) granted the place full city rights in 1366. The territorial dispute with Castile only ended with the marriage of the Catholic Kings Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1469.

The church dates back to the 12th century when it was erected in Romanesque style as a collegiate church. It was rebuilt and expanded over the centuries until the 16th century, thanks to the importance it acquired as a repository for the relic of the"Sagrados Corporales", associated with a Eucharistic miracle dated to 1340