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Ermita de la Limpia y Pura - Bailén

In 1808, Fray Manuel de Jaén, a Capuchin priest, saw the Spanish troops marching alongside him until they reached the site where they would defend themselves from French offensives.

Ermita de la Solidad - Bailén

This chapel’s history is marked by the two styles distinctly presented in its architecture; the Gothic is reflected in the rectangular nave, divided in four by three pointed arches, all settled since the end of the fourteenth century.

Ermita de Santo Cristo - Bailén

This eighteenth-century chapel once served as a local school, and was subsequently donated by the Bailén families of Corchado and Barreda to the Santa Vera Cruz Brotherhood.

Glorieta Virgen de Zocueca - Bailén

This site was once surrounded by orchards, since it is an abundant natural water source. In bygone times, local men would collect water in jugs from a stone fountain.

Huerta de San Lázaro - Bailén

Commonly known as Huerta del Sordo (Deaf Garden), this garden is an outstanding symbol of the Peninsular War, where both armies converged during the Battle of Bailén in 1808, and is now Declared as a Historical Site of Cultural Interest.

Town Hall - Bailén

The central square, Plaza de la Constitución, was so named in 1933, the same year that the Town Hall was transferred to its current premises.

Battle of Bailen Museum - Bailén

Battle of Bailén Museum - Bailén

The Museum of the Battle of Bailén is mainly dedicated to the eponymous historic event of 1808, which was the first open-field defeat of the Emperor Napoleón Bonaparte and provoked a change in the course of the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814). The museum’s main objective is to recount local history throughout the Battle of Bailén, as well as presenting the locality from different perspectives: patrimonial, historical and emotional.

Cave Art - Aldeaquemada

This collection of prehistoric schematic and Levantine-style paintings is scattered over crags and rock shelters.

Pósito de Diezmo y Labradores - Aldeaquemada

This eighteenth-century building is typical of the colonies and foundations of Carlos III, built in brick, rectangular in shape, with two floors and a gabled roof where it has a discreet attic brick structure that houses the clock.