The present day municipality of Puente la Reina of Jaca is the result of the fusion of the old municipalities of Santa Engracia and Javierregay. The neighbourhood of Puente la Reina had emerged during the 20th century on a strategic crossroads and was chosen as the administrative centre of this new territory.

This modern village takes its name from a medieval bridge that used to exist a kilometre upstream and that is now in ruins. In medieval times there used to be a small town called Osturit or Astorito on the site of the present village.

Astorito was a royal headquarters and the Aragonese kings owned buildings and land here.
Mentioned in the 12th-century Codex Calixtinus, it was considered an important stop on the Santiago Pilgrimage Route in Aragon. It was donated to the Veruela monastery, was later passed on to the Jaca diocese in the 13th century and was subsequently abandoned. The memory of the old town of Astorito survives in the old mill, which despite considerable modifications, has always occupied the same site. In 1993, an ancient cementery was discovered in the fields and plots surrounding the mill.

Other villages in the municipality: Santa Engracia - Javierregay

The present day municipality of Puente la Reina of Jaca is the result of the fusion of the old municipalities of Santa Engracia and Javierregay. The neighbourhood of Puente la Reina had emerged during the 20th century on a strategic crossroads and was chosen as the administrative centre of this new territory.

This modern village takes its name from a medieval bridge that used to exist a kilometre upstream and that is now in ruins. In medieval times there used to be a small town called Osturit or Astorito on the site of the present village.

Astorito was a royal headquarters and the Aragonese kings owned buildings and land here.
Mentioned in the 12th-century Codex Calixtinus, it was considered an important stop on the Santiago Pilgrimage Route in Aragon. It was donated to the Veruela monastery, was later passed on to the Jaca diocese in the 13th century and was subsequently abandoned. The memory of the old town of Astorito survives in the old mill, which despite considerable modifications, has always occupied the same site. In 1993, an ancient cementery was discovered in the fields and plots surrounding the mill.

Other villages in the municipality: Santa Engracia - Javierregay

Text taken from the Jacetania Area Signposting Plan. 2001-2006