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.
Attractions
Sarcófago de Alcaudete - Alcaudete
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.
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
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.
Convento del Rosario - Alcalá la Real
The crossroads of Calle Real, Calle Oteros and Calle Rosario opens up into a small public square; here, the portal of a former convent is located. The foundation (1590) was laid by the Order of Preachers and the Dominicans, who remained in it until 1835. Later it was the vice-parish of Santa María la Mayor, until it was ruined and abandoned as a result of the Spanish Civil War of 1936. The church, now completely deconstructed, was of great dimensions, and responded to the Renaissance style. The Civil Hospital and the Casa Cuna were installed in this enclosure. Located on Calle Real.
Iglesia de San Antón - Alcalá la Real
This eighteenth-century church was built in the vicinity of a small sixteenth-century hermitage. The ground plan has an ellipsoidal shape and at the end of its axes there are four rectangular spaces that correspond to the feet, the main chapel and the side chapels. It is worth highlighting the perfection of its elliptical floor plan and brick vault.
Palacete de la Hilandera - Alcalá la Real
Built by Manuel López Ramírez in the early twentieth century, this manor house preserves the constructive essence of the buildings of the time with stucco or tile plinths, ceilings with decorative paintings and a spiral staircase. It currently houses an exhibition of popular textile arts and is decorated with period furniture.
Pilar de los Alamos - Alcalá la Real
Pilar de los Alamos - Alcalá la Real
The fountain is a Renaissance work, dated 1552, as seen in the legend of the frieze. The façade shows a large relief in which two tenants hold and adorn the shield of the city, protected in turn by two fabulous hybrid winged animals, with the head of a lion, the body of a dragon and masks on the ends of the wings, which symbolise the guarding and defense of the city. Francisco Florentín took part in the construction.
Location
Located on Calle Alamós
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.