The waters of the Eduardo Carvajal Park pond, known as “El Vivero” had a small population of Japanese carps, very striking for anyone who approached this space. This mural reminds us of those fish and alludes to a problem of particular significance nowadays, like invasive exotic species are, as well as highlighting the memory of […]
Coordinated by Boa Mistura, around 600 people from various Educational Centers, Associations and other groups collaborated on this mural. In it, a phrase that speaks of the need to unite science and art, which are usually perceived as disciplines separated by non-existent barriers, takes on the greatest prominence: “Science and Humanism must be an embrace […]
Teodoro Reding von Biberegg was a Swiss General at the service of Spain, the main architect behind the victory of the Spanish army against the French in the Battle of Bailén of 1808. At 14 years of age he began his military career in Spain, earning the right to be named Governor in 1806, and […]
One of Bailén’s oldest streets has been called many names over its history. From Rafael Gasset, Manuel Azaña or Zarco del Valle and Isabel la Católica as it is called today. It has also been known as Calle Real Baja or Camino Real, because of the town’s main entrance road, turning it into the crossroads […]
This orchard became a municipal nursery, in other words, an orchard to supply the town. It was later turned into what is nowadays a garden which adorns to the entrance to the town from the Avenida del Parador. Today we can admire its old waterwheel, or mill, of the Huerta de Arteaga, which is also […]
The Huerta de San Lázaro, commonly known as Huerta del Sordo (or Orchard of the Deaf in English) is a prominent symbol of the battle of 1808, where the two armies met during the Battle of Bailén in 1808. Declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in the “Historical Site” category, inside its old waterwheel is […]
Of a Renaissance style, it is the only remains left of what was once the Castle-Fortress of Bailén, linked to the Ponce de León or Condestable Iranzo families, among others. The Napoleonic occupation of 1810 resulted in its deterioration until it was ultimately demolished in 1970 because of its ruinous state. Rebuilt and moved to […]
Dating back to the 18th century, this house was given to the sisters of San Vicente de Paúl in 1916 by Doña Mariana Soriano. Nowadays it is one of the town’s most outstanding schools.
This time, we are looking at a building from the 18th century which was once a school and was later donated by the families of Bailén, Corchado and Barreda to the Santa Vera Cruz Brotherhood. Through a rounded archway, the façade gives us access to the temple to admire its most outstanding element, the half-barrel […]
The street that used to join together what was once called the ‘camino Real Alto’ with the ‘Bajo’ is known to everyone by its former name of ‘Cuesta de Jesus’ (Hill of Jesus). It gives this 18th century hermitage, which was initially called the Ermita del Santo Cristo de Nazaret (Hermitage of the Holy Christ […]
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