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Iglesia del Carmen - Alcaudete

The church, also known as the Iglesia de la Encarnación, is a Mannerist-style temple within the architectural conceptions of the time, as well as the special characteristics of convent churches of the Carmelitas Descalzos.

Iglesia del Convento de Santa Clara - Alcaudete

This church has a rectangular plan, of the so-called “box type”, dating from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, although with reforms during the next two centuries.

Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol - Alcaudete

The church was built as a result of the spectacular increase in population that Alcaudete experienced from the sixteenth century.

Ermita de la Virgen de la Fuensanta - Alcaudete

The existence of the chapel in the year 1511 is testimony that, in previous centuries, the Virgen de la Fuensanta was worshiped.

Molino Árabe de la Fuente Amuña - Alcaudete

The name of the Amuña Fountain comes from “almunia”, a country house or small fortification from the Muslim period.

Ermita de San Antón - Alcaudete

The chapel is believed to have existed as early as 1511. It is mentioned in a host of manuscripts thereafter and is currently in ruins, but it has a wonderful viewpoint. The chapel was famous for hosting the holy protector of animals.

Castillo de Alcaudete - Alcaudete

The impressive fortress was built in Emral times, and became famous for being inaccessible during the Caliphate period. The fortress was the protective centre of a commercially very active medina, located on an important road and commercial network; militarily it was coveted by both Muslims and Christians

Centro de Interpretación - Alcaudete

The Interpretation Centre transports the visitor to the thirteenth century to discover first-hand the origin and history of the Military Order of Calatrava and the inner workings of a castle on the border with the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada

Casa Consistorial - Alcaudete

Since the eighteenth century, the Town Hall has been a symbol of the town, situated in the new urban centre. The structure presents a new cubic volume, whose homogeneity is broken by the verticality of its façade, accentuated by the small clock tower

Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor - Alcaudete

Construction of the church began in the first half of the sixteenth century. Typically for Jaén, it was built on the space formerly occupied by a mosque

Fuente de la Villa - Alcaudete

This fountain is possibly the most important in Alcaudete. Located in the town centre, it is the most visited and used by residents. It was built in 1775 when Juan de Mesa was Mayor of the town.

Fuente Zaide - Alcaudete

History states that, in the fourteenth century, the warden of the castle, Fernando Alonso de Córdoba, had three Muslim slaves named Maymona, Aixa and Zara.

Sarcófago de Alcaudete - Alcaudete

Sarcófago de Alcaudete

Mercado de Abastos - Alcaudete

The covered market is the oldest market in the province of Jaén and one of the best examples of twentieth-century regional architecture. In front of this building was the original door of the Almohad wall from the twelfth century, now disappeared under the street and the surrounding buildings.

Arco de la Villa - Alcaudete

The arch was once one of the gates through which the walled enclosure of the medieval city was accessed, replaced and displaced between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by the new stone arch that exists today.

Ermita de NS de la Aurora - Alcaudete

Work on this chapel began around 1732, and it is of the largest in Alcaudete. Until the nineteenth century it had a flourishing life, served by the Carmelitas Descalzos Friars, whose convent it adjoined.

Balneario de la Palma, Cadiz

The Balneario de la Palma - La Palma Spa has been an emblematic building on La Caleta Beach in Cadiz since it was opened in 1926. After a chequered history the building now serves as a government administration office.

Fortaleza de La Mota - Alcalá la Real

The castle dates back to 727, when the town was under Muslim rule, and was later expanded. It was badly damaged in the nineteenth century during battles against France, and it was abandoned thereafter. For over 150 years, the Fortress marked the frontier between the Kingdoms of Granada and Castile.

Palacio Abacial - Alcalá la Real

The rebuilding of the Abbatial Palace was ordered by the Abbot, Esteban Lorenzo Mendoza y Gatica, in 1781, who decided to build it in the expansion area of the city after leaving Castillo de la Mota in the upper part, endowing it with baroque and neoclassical elements

Iglesia de Santa Maria La Mayor - Alcalá la Real

The church, also known as the Iglesia Abacial, is situated inside a high fortified enclosure, where in Islamic times there was a model Muslim medina with commercial and residential areas. After the re-conquest, King Alfonso XI ordered the razing of the mosque and the construction of a church on the site, dependent on the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Toledo and with a domain extending over a vast territory.

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