Fundación Amantes de Teruel

The Fundación Amantes de Teruel opens to the public the Lovers' Mausoleum and the Mudéjar complex of San Pedro: the church, the cloister, the apse, the garden and the tower with its ándito, the outer walkway at the top.

Who they are

The foundation was born in 1998 as a non-profit institution, promoted by the Bishopric of Teruel and Albarracín, Teruel Town Council, the Government of Aragón, the Teruel Provincial Council and Ibercaja. It is chaired by the bishop, and its board includes the mayor's office, the Provincial Council, the Government of Aragón, Ibercaja, the diocese and the parish of San Pedro. Its aim is to conserve and publicise the tradition of Isabel de Segura and Diego de Marcilla and the Mudéjar art of the city. It works in tourism, in culture and documentation, with the Centro Hartzenbusch devoted to Romanticism, and in an educational office for schools and families.

What you visit

The current Mausoleum, the work of the architect Alejandro Cañada, was inaugurated in September 2005. It has four sections: an audiovisual on the history of the Lovers in the city, their story told with a dance by Miguel Ángel Berna, a room on their mark on literature, theatre, music and the arts, and at the end the room where the mummies rest, beneath the recumbent statues by Juan de Ávalos. The legend, which the foundation sets in 1217, tells how Diego returned rich from the war after five years and found Isabel married; he died when she refused him a kiss, and Isabel died when she kissed him at his funeral. The mummies were found in 1555 in the chapel of San Cosme and San Damián.

At the San Pedro complex you see the church, with a single nave built in the 14th century; the cloister from the second half of the same century, one of the four Mudéjar cloisters partly preserved in Aragón; the heptagonal apse and its garden, and the tower, from the 13th century, the oldest of Teruel's Mudéjar towers. The tower and apse have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986. The climb up the tower and the ándito is what distinguishes the full visit.

Opening hours and tickets

Monday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 20:00; the ticket office closes half an hour earlier. It is closed on 25 December, 1 January and the main days of the Vaquilla del Ángel. Full visit: €10, reduced €8.50; without tower or ándito, €9 and €7.50. Under-7s and members of the Amigos de los Amantes (Friends of the Lovers) do not pay. The ticket includes a guide or audio guide and is bought with a time slot on the website or at the ticket office; you must be at the mausoleum door ten minutes beforehand. The website, in Spanish, English and French, also offers content in sign language.

Families and schools

On Saturdays and Sundays, morning and afternoon, there are visits for children aged 6 to 12 in adapted language. Throughout the year it also schedules workshops and activities, such as a one-hour family escape room for twenty people for €3, or workshops for children from age 6 accompanied by an adult. For schools, secondary schools and universities it organises educational visits and workshops; they are requested on 978 618 398 or at [email protected]. The website does not publish conditions for changing or refunding tickets.