Small town located at the foothills of its homonym mountain range which is on record since the 11th century with the name of Gía, though its origin may date back before the 10th century. In 1099, Pedro I de Aragón (1068-1104) granted San Pedro de Taberna with Chía town. In 1126, Alfonso I confirmed the donation of San Pedro and San Victorián monasteries: “(...) dono et concedo et afirmo domino Deo et Santo Petro de Taberna et San Victoriano una villa que dicitur Gia (…)”.

In the urban area, there are interesting examples of the common Pyrenean mountain architecture with details and symbols linked to the rural mountain society. Also, it is worth mentioning the two Romanic churches (and their small cemeteries, nowadays out of use) that resulted from the disputes and the confrontations between the lords of Chía and the San Victorián monastery during the feudal era: San Martín church with its original apse and a beautiful bell gable, and San Vicente church, current parish church of Romanic origin that has been transformed with an attached tower.

There is another building that belongs to Chía patrimony, the chapel of La Virgen de la Encontrada. According to the tradition, this virgin was found by a shepherd in the 10th century. Formerly, every May Saturday a procession was celebrated among the neighbours who used to go up to the chapel with the ‘mayordomos’ in charge of organising the festivities and some musicians who used to mark the rhythm with their feet and their castanets.

Another essential route is the one that goes up to the Serreta viewpoint. Here, the panoramic views of Benasque Valley are amazing.