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Santuario de la Virgen de Linarejos - Linares

After various modifications and extensions, the building that can be seen today dates from the eighteenth century. Its interior is decorated with beautiful paintings by Linares-born artist Francisco Baños, and sculptures by the Catalan master Francisco Carulla Serra.

Real Casa de la Munición y la Moneda - Linares

Construction of the eighteenth-century stonework House of Ammunition and Mint, with Baroque features and beautiful Santa Bárbara tiles, was commissioned by Carlos III in order to manage the Arrayanes mine.

Mercado de Abastos de Santiago - Linares

This building was designed by Francisco de Paula Casado y Gómez, municipal architect of Linares, and built during the first decade of the twentieth century. The combination of materials such as sandstone and brick results in Mudejar reminiscences and an eclectic style

Casa de Pajares - Linares

Casa de Pajares - Linares

Fernando Delgado, nicknamed “El Pajares”, ordered the construction of this house in the eighteenth century. Originally a private house, it later became the first Hospital in Linares by testamentary charitable disposition. The revolutionary group also came out of this building in 1868, to form the Town Hall and proclaim the First Republic.

Location

Located in Plaza de Ramón y Cajal del Bermejal.

Pósito - Linares

Built in 1757, the Pósito was originally the municipal grain store but later housed a prison and a special education centre. Today, it is on the way to becoming a tourist and museum meeting point.

Palacio de los Dávalos Biedma - Linares

This emblematic Renaissance building from the sixteenth century belonged to the Dávalos Biedma family, established in Linares in the heat of the Christian conquest, and contains the principal remains of the archaeological site of Cástulo, being the site of its museum, Museo Arqueológico Monográfico de Cástulo.

Palacio de los Zambrana - Linares

This sixteenth-century stone palace features a noble coats of arms and a Mannerist-style tower. The property is a large rectangular shape with an imposing backyard.

Plaza Nueva - Linares

This garden square is also known as Plaza de Alfonso XII. When the Town Hall decided to build it, mining and industrial development led to the establishment of the first British consulate in its vicinity, led by Thomas Sopwith

Palacio de los Orozco - Linares

The Palace was built by the Orozco family in the seventeenth century. It has a magnificent masonry façade, the highlight being its beautiful lintelled access door

Cripta de los Marqueses - Linares

At the express wish of Los Marqueses, in 1918, their mortal remains were transferred from Madrid to Linares, where they rest in this building.

Hospital San Juan de Dios - Linares

Dating from the seventeenth century, this building was the work of architect Eufrasio López Rojas. The paintings that decorate the main vault represent various scenes from the life of San Francisco de Asís

Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís - Linares

The church’s façade was completed in 1763. The artistic richness of this church is complemented by beautiful carvings of different brotherhoods of Holy Week in Linares. Located in Plaza San Francisco.

Monumento a los Mineros - Guarromán

This work by Javier Ruiz Abel is a tribute to those miners from Granada and Almería who, at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, came to work in the mines of the Linares-La Carolina district.

Fuente de las Generaciones - Guarromán

This contemporary work by the local sculptor, Javier Ruiz Abel, represents the seven generations of Guarromanenses, each one raising the next one above itself and all of them surrounded by the tree of life, a holm oak, the representative tree of the New Populations.

Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción - Guarromán

The church dates from the eighteenth century and was the first parish built in the Nuevas Poblaciones. Its simple facade is built in red sandstone and has a belfry with a colonial appearance. Inside, the carving of the Inmaculada Concepción made by the sculptor Jacinto Higueras.

Pósito de labradores - Guarromán

This building’s construction was completed in 1789. It represents the colonial typology of such buildings designed for the storage, regulation, production and distribution of grain and seed.

Palacio del Intendente - Guarromán

The Palace dates from 1807. It construction was ordered by the Mayor of the New Towns of Sierra Morena, Tomás González de Carvajal. The sundial located in one of its corners stands out, installed to tell the time to the stagecoaches that made their stop at the post house.

Plaza Nicolás Kerche - Guarromán

This square, located on the main street of Guarromán, bears its name in honour of the first child born in the town after its colonisation. The sculpture in the centre is dedicated to the settlers who arrived in 1767 and symbolises their dreams of achieving a better future in this land.

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