The sunbaked hilltop fortress at Monzón, proudly built by the eleventh-century Arab rulers of Saragossa to be all but siegeproof, was redeveloped under Templar ownership to include new defensive walls and towers, stables and barracks. It was one link in a chain of frontier castles—Mongay, Chalamera, Barbará, Remolins and Belchite—that were now placed into Templar hands to be managed, garrisoned and maintained.
