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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bishop

Wildfire threat sees Aragon kings’ remains evacuated from Spanish monastery

  • The 11th-century remains of three of the first kings of Aragon have been evacuated from a mountain monastery threatened by raging wildfires in Spain.
  • The royal bones were relocated to the provincial museum of Huesca, situated 50 miles south of the monastery.
  • The ​northeastern region's vice-president Mar Vaquero confirmed that the historical remains will stay at the museum until conditions improve.
  • Footage released by the Spanish Military Emergency Unit showed team members carefully loading boxes of the remains into transport vehicles.
  • As of Friday, the monastery has remained unharmed, although the nearby wildfire has burned over 16,000 hectares of land.

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