Zaragoza's
location at the head
of the mighty Ebro River
in the centre of the
north eastern corner
of the Iberian Peninsula
has given it strategic
importance for more
than 2,000 years. Originally
settled by ancient Iberian
tribes, it became a
magnificent Roman city
named after the Emperor
Augustus Caesar and
a powerful Arab kingdom
under the Moorish sultans.
In its glory days of
the 16th century, Zaragoza
was one of Spain's most
important commercial
centres, bigger in size
than the current capital
Madrid. Zaragoza Florist
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