🏛️ Historical Heritage
⛪ Convent of the Holy Trinity
The former Trinitarian seat in Baeza, with a Classicist doorway and a great two-storey Ionic cloister, today part of the city's Renaissance ensemble.
Church / Cathedral🌆 Historic Centres of Úbeda and Baeza
Renaissance centres in Jaén jointly declared World Heritage, with the Plaza Vázquez de Molina as the purest Renaissance civic ensemble in Spain.
Historic Quarter🏛️ Hospital de Santiago
A late work by Vandelvira known as the Andalusian Escorial, a huge Renaissance complex with a marble courtyard and monumental staircase, today a cultural centre.
Palace or civil architecture🐚 House of Shells of Baeza
A 16th-century palace with a façade in Isabelline Gothic style imitating scallop shells, beside Baeza's Plaza del Pópulo.
Palace or civil architecture🏯 House of the Towers
A Renaissance palace in Úbeda with a Plateresque façade flanked by two imposing towers, one of the richest doorways of the Andalusian Renaissance.
Palace or civil architecture🏯 Jabalquinto Palace
A residential jewel in Baeza notable for its carved Flamboyant Gothic façade, with a Baroque staircase in its Renaissance courtyard.
Palace or civil architecture⛪ Sacred Chapel of El Salvador
A Renaissance palatial funerary chapel conceived by Diego de Siloé and executed by Vandelvira, the jewel of Úbeda's Plaza Vázquez de Molina.
Church / Cathedral🏛️ Vázquez de Molina Palace
A Renaissance residence designed by Vandelvira for Juan Vázquez de Molina, today Úbeda's town hall and a key piece of the World Heritage square.
Palace or civil architecture🧱 Úbeda Walls
A medieval perimeter fortification system preserving wall sections, gates and the Santo Cristo tower, open to visitors with views over the Loma.
Castle🌿 Nature
🦅 Birds of Laguna Grande
An oasis surrounded by the world's largest sea of olive trees, an essential stopover for migratory birds and a breeding area for grebes, coots and herons.
Birdwatching🦆 Laguna Grande of Baeza
The most important wetland in Jaén province, surrounded by an immense sea of olive trees and declared a Natural Site for its value to migratory bird colonies.
River, lake or reservoir🎭 Culture
🐂 Baeza Bullring
Built in 1892 using noble materials from old buildings of the city. Its imposing Neo-Mudéjar façade blends into this World Heritage city.
Bullring🫒 Museum of Olive Culture
At Hacienda La Laguna, near Baeza, it is the cathedral of olive oil anthropology: it displays giant 19th-century presses in a unique natural setting.
Museum🏺 Úbeda Archaeological Museum
Set in a beautiful Mudéjar house, it holds remains ranging from the Neolithic to the refined Islamic grave goods of the La Loma district.
Museum🎪 Úbeda San Miguel Fair
In late September, one of the most important autumn fairs in Jaén, with bullfights, an artisan trade fair and street theatre across the Renaissance city.
Fair or Festival🎼 Úbeda and Baeza Early Music Festival
An internationally renowned series filling the Renaissance palaces and churches of both World Heritage cities with historical music concerts.
Fair or Festival🍽️ Gastronomy
🥧 Baeza Virolos
Puff pastry filled with angel-hair pumpkin jam and dusted with icing sugar, a sweet typical of Baeza's pastry shops made since convent times.
Gastronomy🛒 Úbeda Food Market
In the heart of this World Heritage city. It stands out for its local butchers, selling traditional mountain cured meats, and for the finest extra virgin olive oil from Jaén.
Market🏄 Sports Activities
🥾 Laguna Grande Trail
A flat walk around Jaén's most important wetland, surrounded by olive groves, with hides for watching white-headed ducks, coots and migratory birds.
Hiking trail Easy🚴 Renaissance Route
A route between Úbeda and Baeza across the olive ridge, linking the two World Heritage cities with constant rolling terrain among olive trees.
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