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% Street-by-Street: Baeza

Nestling amid the olive groves that characterize
much of Jaén province, beautiful Baeza is a small
town, unusually rich in Renaissance architecture.
Called Beatia by the Romans and later the capital
of a Moorish fiefdom, Baeza is portrayed as a “royal
nest of hawks” on its coat of arms. It was conquered
by Fernando III in 1226 – the first town in Andalucía
to be definitively won back from the Moors – and was . Palacio de Jabalquinto
then settled by Castilian knights. An era of medieval An Isabelline-style (see p28)
splendour followed, reaching a climax in the 16th façade, flanked by elaborate,
rounded buttresses, fronts this
century, when Andrés de Vandelvira’s splendid splendid Gothic palace.
buildings were erected. The town was designated
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003.
S A N F E L I P E N E R I
Key
Suggested route
P LAZ A
SANTA
CR UZ

C O M PA Ñ Í A B E AT O Á V I L A

Antigua Universidad R O M A N O N E S
From 1542 until 1825, this B A R B A C A N A
Renaissance and Baroque
building was one of Spain’s
first universities.

Torre de los
Aliatares is a M E R C A D E R I A S
To
1,000-year-old Úbeda
tower built by
the Moors.
PL A Z A DE PA S E O D E
ESPANA P A S E O D E L A C O N S T I T U C I Ó N

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B E C E R R A T U N D I D O R E S

N A R V A E Z
G A S PA R Casas
Consistoriales
Ayuntamiento Bajas
Formerly a jail and a courthouse, the
town hall is a dignified Plateresque La Alhóndiga, the old corn
structure (see p29). The coats of arms exchange, has impressive
of Felipe II, Juan de Borja and of the triple-tier arches running
town of Baeza adorn its upper façade. along its front.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp572–4 and pp598–602

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