Seno, Aragon

Seno is a municipality located in the Bajo Aragon area, close to Maestrazgo in province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain, at 792 mts of altitude. According to the 2007 census the municipality has a population of 45 inhabitants.Seno has an interesting Church (s. XVIII) dedicated to St. Helen, and a fountain with an ermitage devoted to St Valero, where tradition says this bishop passed by when he was thirsty and created this source of water by praying to God and hitting the ground with his staff.GeographyThe houses in this locality are crowded around the church of Santa Elena, building of masonry of century XVIII and slender tower Mudejar, constructed by popular subscription. The paintings on the main altar, with the 8 women of the Old Testament and Saint Helena, as well as the dome of the Holy Spirit, damaged during the Spanish Civil War, are noteworthy inside. In the same square of the Church is the town hall, building completed in 1785, with a ratchet in the bottom where the ball-hand sport is practiced.At a distance from the town, there is the hermitage of San Valero, patron of the town, which was also raised in the 18th century, next to the spring of the same name, which is attributed certain curative properties, and which springs from the ground to the same temperature throughout the year. The tradition that this bishop of Zaragoza of the s. IV passed the way of his exile by this valley, and when not finding water, it struck with his staff in this point, creating the source to which it gives name to him.There are in this town several important water springs which also supplies the region, and which make possible the existence of crops and a rich orchard . In the surrounding mountains there is an abundant colony of birds of prey, and another of Hispanic goats.