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At
the centre of the extensive province of Jaen is the district of
La Loma, which is full of places of interest, but La Loma is above
all Ubeda and Baeza, two towns sparated by scarcely nine kilometres,
which together posses a great wealth of monuments.
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Hospital of Santiago (Úbeda) |
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A visit to Ubeda should begin in the large Vazquez Molina
Square to ensure full appreciation of all the artistic
splendour contained in the town. There is El Salvador,
another great work by Valdelvira, the Las Cadenas Palace,
the extremely complex but evocative Church of Santa María
de los Alcázares, none of which are out of place
in this longe square, which also features the Parador del
Condestable Dávalos State Hotel and the Palace
of the Marquis of Mancera, vicerroy of Peru. Ubeda is
full of beautiful palaces, many of them boasting towers -
Los Salvajes House, Guadiana Palace, Vela
de Los Cobos Palace - ,although the most impressive feature
of the building hailed as the House of the Towers is
the Plateresque filigree facade.
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Ubeda
is also full of Gothic, Plateresque and Baroque churches,
such as San Pablo, La Trinidad, San Nicolás.
Although there is no shotage of Arab remains, such as the
Rosal Gateway, nor of Mudejar buildings, such as the
one which houses the Arqueological Museum, the true
character of the city lies in its Renaissance constructions,
including the vast Santiago Hospital, whose towers
dominate the skyline in a town withsuch a profusion of towers.
In another corner of the town is the San Juan de la Cruz
oratory, with its small museum, which remaind us that
the saint, to whom there is also a monument in a nearby square,
came to die in this town.
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Mancera Palace
(Úbeda)
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Condestable Dávalos Parador
(Úbeda)
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Church of El Salvador
(Úbeda)
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House of the Towers
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Santa María Fontain
(Baeza)
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Baeza:
Tower of the old Cathedral, the latter a large building
of Gothic design, with Gotic cloisters and curiosities such
as the Mudejar Luna Gateway. Church of Santa Cruz,
Jabalquinto Palace. Santa María Fontain.
Old University. Pópulo Square, Town
Hall , Convent of San Francisco, Counts of Garcíez
Palace , Mendoza, and Elorza. Towers such
as Aliatares.
Cazorla:
To the east of La Loma is situated the Nature Reserve of Cazorla,
Segura and Las Villas, the largest in Spain. Here where the
sources of the Guadalquivir and the Segura Rivers are to be
found, Nature has been generous. Amongst vast pine forest,
clear, winding rivers,there is a variety of animal life from
the mountain goat and the moufflon to the wild boar and the
fallow deer, not forgetting of course the sparrow hawk and
the goshawk, and a no less varied plant life, with such popular
species as the Cazorla violet, several species of narcissus
and of course enormous rosebushes, orchids and gladioluses.
Others
interesting places: Canena, Jaén, Torreperogil, Iznatoraf,
Linares.
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