This Renaissance-style church, designed by Francisco del Castillo, was built in 1592. It is divided into three naves by sober Tuscan columns that support a Mudejar coffered ceiling. The altarpiece, from the first halfof the seventeenth century, is originally from a convent in Valladolid. Also noteworthy is the large number of Holy Weekpaintworks, many of them by Francisco Palma Burgos and Amadeo Ruiz Olmos.
Founded by Don Jerónimo de Padilla, Knight of the Order of Santiago, to house a convent and school for maidens. Around 1550, the works on the church and the rest of the monastery’s premises were finished. Inside are the burial chambers of the founders and their family. The church has a single nave, with side chapels embedded in the wall. It has a double choir on the feet and on the side of the presbytery. The Baroque altarpiece dates from 1728.
The seventeenth-century convent was in operation until 1840, when it disappeared due to the confiscation of Mendizábal. Only the convent church that occupied the entire block is preserved, of which only the vaults and sides are conserved as original elements.
The twentieth-century convent has been run by the Mothers of Desamparados and SanJosé de la Montaña Congregation since 1917. It was originally designed to serve as a hospital, and today functions as a convent, asylum, elderly residence and primary and secondary school.
On November 30, 1227, King Ferdinand III of Castile conquered the city of Baeza, and a year later, on December 8, 1228, the Castilian King donated the territory of Martos and its region to the Order of Calatrava, who built the mill of Cubo in 1437.
The chapel dates to the late fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries, with a Gothic sacristy from the time of the reign of the Catholic Monarchs.
This Renaissance-Baroque-style chapel is situated on the road to Martos. It seems that the construction of the church was related to a plague epidemic which devastated the locality in 1580; the chapel was inaugurated on September 26, 1584. The primitive hermitage underwent various restorationsin the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The castle is situated next to the old crossroads of Jaén, Arjona, Iliturgi and Martos. Its position is one of great strategic value, as suggested by the settlement of Cerro San Antón. The castle rises on a rocky ledge and is organised in two sections, the upper of which is crowned with two circular towers and one with a square plan.
After the conquest of Torredelcampo at the hands of Fernando III “El Santo”, castles in the area such asCastillo del Berrueco were reformed and expanded and new watchtowers were built, among them the Torre de la Muña. It is located at 379m above sea level, between the junction of the Torrelampérezstreamsto the west and Las Correderas to the east.
This ruined watchtower is located on a rocky promontory of the same name, 479m above sea level. It would once have controlled the road from Jaén to Arjona, being delimited to the east and north by the Cortijo de Piedra Partida stream.
This church is a partly medieval construction, a style still visible in some areas such as the sacristy and the main altar, however, most of the current configuration was builtin the sixteenth century, with works by Don Francisco del Castillo “El Viejo” and his son, Don Francisco del Castillo “El Mozo”.
This hill is in the Jabalcuz massif, which is part of the Sierra de La Grana. In the western and southern areas, there is a stretch of cyclopean wall, possibly from the first century AD. The wall measures about 6m in height and 20m in length. In the 1960s,remains of a Roman house were discovered in the surrounding lands.
Built in 1723 and rebuilt in 1940, the church has a single box nave. Externally, it demonstrates clear volumetric geometry that emphasizes the quadrangular structure and the central axis. Its stone rigging is cared for and the ensemble shows severe packaging.
In the vicinity of the Iglesia Parroquial Virgen de la Estrella is what was formerly the Town Hall, later the Agrarian Chamber and currently the San Isidro Retirement Home. It consists of a ground floor and two upper sections, with lintelled openings, those of the floor’s upper balconies, arranged on the axis and between attached pillars. The set is completed by a bell tower.
A landmark from the eighteenth century, this building was first used as a prison and later a grain store and a Health Centre. Currently, it is the Headquarters of an Adult School.
The Arabs built a fortress, fundamental to the defense of the surrounding territories, around which the population nucleus emerged. In 1225, Fernando III conquered the Castle of Mengíbar, destroying it, however another was built, which in the seventeenth century was still standing, evidenced by its description by Martín Ximena Jurado.
The Courthouse of the Holy Inquisition dates back to the seventeenth century and was inhabited by Juan Rubio Galera in 1762, a relative of the Holy Office of Córdoba.
Parts of this building have been associated with the Islamic phase of the original Palace, from 800 to 1225, according to studies of archaeological surveys and analysis of its walls.
This is the only eighteenth-century chapel that has been preserved in Mengíbar, and it was reformed in 1970. The exterior is composed of an exposed stone facade, with a simple portal in which there is a circular window, and is crowned by a simple bell gable.
This church is a Renaissance jewel; its tower and Casa-Palacio form the city’s most emblematic set of buildings, with strong influences from Vandelvira, Francisco del Castillo “El Viejo” and Alonso Barba. Despite undergoing extensive detrimental renovations over time, it retains the stamp of the late sixteenth century.