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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
* 19,000. Map Jaén.
n Plaza del Pópulo, 953 77 99
82. ( Tue. _ Semana Santa
(Easter), Feria (mid-Aug), Romería
de la Yedra (early Sep).
Transport
£ Linares-Baeza, 902 43 23 43.
@ Avenida Alcalde Puche Pardo,
953 74 24 53.
. Cathedral
The impressive
P LAZ A cathedral was rebuilt
SANTA by Andrés de
M ARÍA Vandelvira in 1567.
The Capilla Sagrario
S A N F E L I P E N E R I O B I S P O M E N G I B A R has a choir screen by
Bartolomé de Jaén.

Fuente de Santa María
Architect-sculptor Ginés Martínez
of Baeza designed this fountain
in the form of a triumphal arch.
It was completed in 1564.
S A N G I L Antigua Carnicería
R O M A N O N E S
is the 16th-century
former slaughter-
house.

Puerta de Jaén y Arco
de Villalar
This gateway in the city
ramparts is adjoined by
an arch erected in 1521
to appease Carlos I (see
L A C O N S T I T U C I Ó N
p62) after a rebellion.
0 metres 75
0 yards 75

To Jaén
. Plaza del Pópulo
The Casa del Pópulo, a
fine Plateresque palace,
now the tourist office,
overlooks this square. In
its centre is the Fuente
de los Leones, a fountain
with an Ibero-Roman
statue flanked by lions.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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