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The city
of Jaen, in northern Andalucia, is rich in history.
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45 kilometres
east of the city of Jaén, within the Sierra de Mágina
mountain range, lies Albánchez de Úbeda.
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This delightful
small town has a population of approximately 21,000 and is
located on the N432 between Cordoba and Granada.
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Baeza
is tiny, compact and provincial with a kind of perpetual Sunday
air about it.
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Baños
de la Encina's major attraction is its Moorish castle, which
is both an historical and an artistic monument.
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Cazorla
is steeped in tradition. Its origins stretch back six centuries
before Christ.
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Despite
some recent construction around the village, the view of Hornos
del Segura from afar remains spectacular.
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Although
of significance to both the Iberian and Roman civilisations,
it was the Moors who brought splendour to Iznatoraf.
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With a
total surface area of 209,920ha and covering almost a fifth
of Jaen province, this is Spain's largest protected area.
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Ubeda
with its wealth of Renaissance palaces and churches, has much
in common with its counterpart Baeza.
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Jaen is probably best known for
its abundance of olive trees which dominate the landscape and punctuate
the horizon, interspersed by stark white-washed farms and houses
against a deep orange backdrop; the colour of the soil. This province
is the world's leading producer of olives and olive oil. Little
wonder that it is also the venue for the world's largest trade fair
devoted to this quintessentially Mediterranean crop which takes
place in Jaen city during the
first week of October.
 The landscape of Jaen province is
expansive, unspoilt and very beautiful. The small towns boast numerous
magnificent Renaissance buildings - exuberant palaces, richly endowed
churches and stately public squares. Some of the towns and villages
worth visiting here include Baeza,
Ubeda, Alcalá.
Just east Ubeda and Beaza lies the
Sierras de Cazorla
nature park, arguably one of the most beautiful nature parks in
the Andalucia.
Many travellers enter Andalucia
through another nature park named Despeñaperros. Here the twin carriages
NIV motorway are forced to part company to negotiate the narrow
gorge aptly named "Gateway to Andalucia" (240 km South of Madrid
and 40 km south of Valdepeñas.
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