Hospital de Somport
Hospital de Somport is a protected area in Aisa, Huesca, Aragon. Hospital de Somport is situated nearby to the church Iglesia de Candanchú, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Mirador de Pyrene.Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Protected area
- Description: cultural property in Aísa, Spain
- Also known as: “Pilgrims Hospital of Santa Cristina de Somport”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Somport and Fuerte de Coll de Ladrones.
Somport
Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somport is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. It lies on the French Way of the Way of Saint James. The pass is the end of the Via Tolosana and the starting point of the Aragonese Way.
Fuerte de Coll de Ladrones
Fort
Photo: JavierMunozF, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fuerte de Coll de Ladrones is a fort, which is situated 3 km southeast of Hospital de Somport.
Zapatilla
Peak
Zapatilla is a Spanish peak in the Pyrenees mountain range. Zapatilla is situated 3 km southwest of Hospital de Somport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Candanchú and Canfranc-Estación.
Candanchú
Hamlet
Photo: Willtron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. The name of the area is an adaptation of the French "Camp d'Anjou", as it was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty.
Canfranc-Estación
Village
Photo: Lozano Manzanedo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canfranc-Estación is a village, which is situated 4½ km south of Hospital de Somport.
Canfranc
Photo: France64160, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canfranc is in Aragon, Spain. It consists of two villages, the original village, which has fewer than 100 residents, and Canfranc Estación, which developed with the establishment of Canfranc international railway station to serve railway traffic across the Pyrenees.
Hospital de Somport
- Categories: archaeological site, monastery, xenodocheion, former hospital, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Aisa, Huesca, Aragon, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.78953° or 42° 47′ 22″ northLongitude
-0.52508° or 0° 31′ 30″ westOpen location code
8CJXQFQF+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 449462589OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=ruinsWikidata ID
Q3572282
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Spanish—“Hospital de Somport” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Espital de Santa Cristina de Candanchú”
- Aragonese: “Espital de Santa Cristina de Somport”
- Aragonese: “Hespital de Santa Cristina de Candanchú”
- Aragonese: “Hespital de Santa Cristina de Somport”
- Basque: “Santa Cristina Somportekoa ospitalea”
- Catalan: “Hospital de Santa Cristina de Somport”
- Dutch: “Hospital de Santa Cristina de Somport”
- French: “Hôpital des pèlerins de Santa Cristina au Somport”
- French: “Hospital de Somport”
- German: “Pilgerhospiz von Santa Cristina in Somport”
- Italian: “monastero di Somport”
- Italian: “Ospedale dei Pellegrini di Santa Cristina”
- Italian: “ospedale dei pellegrini di Somport”
- Polish: “Szpital dla pielgrzymów z Santa Cristina in Somport”
- Portuguese: “Hospital de Santa Cristina em Somport”
- Spanish: “Hospital de Santa Cristina de Somport”
- Spanish: “Hospital de Somport”
- Spanish: “Monasterio y Hospital de Santa Cristina”
- Spanish: “Monasterio-Hospital de santa Cristina de Somport”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Iglesia de Candanchú and Mirador de Pyrene.
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