Maella Article
Maella is in the area known as "Bajo Aragon", or lower Aragon, and is approximately 20 kms from Caspe, the main city. It is home to 2200 people. We can trace local history back as far as 1200AD. There are the ruins of a castle from the 15th century on the hill over looking the town.
The area is best known for it’s agriculture. The mico climate and very fertile soil are perfect for soft fruit growning, and they produce over one million kilos every year, with ambitious plans to increase this production by installing huge irrigation systems.
One of it’s most famous Son’s was Pablo Gargallo, probably one of the best sculptor’s from the Spanish avant-garde era, he was born here in 1881. He made many famous bronze statues. The local Town Hall have renovated the house where he was born and made it into a small museum, although there is a much larger one dedicated to his work in the city of Zaragoza.
The town sits on the banks of the river Matarrana, which irrigates thousands of hectares of land.
In the surrounding area there is architecture and ruins from Roman times. The clock tower in the town has been totally renovated, and sits majestically above the Town Hall building in the main square. Maella also has a bullring which can seat 2000 people, this is used during the main fiestas in August.
As in all Spanish towns and villages, Maella has seemingly endless fiestas throughout the year, and whether you are a local or not, you are always made to feel welcome.
For families wanting to move to the area from other countries, Maella has a primary school, a 24 hour medical centre, open air swimming pool, large indoor sports pavillion, cinema, bars, restaurants, shops, banks etc. Road and rail communications are excellent, and it’s a one and a half hour drive to both Reus and Zaragoza airports.
Here is a video about the town, although it’s in Spanish, it gives you a very good idea of the town, the people, the buildings etc: