Field marshal. Marquis of Coupigny. Born in Arras in the Artois-Flandre. Due to his noble status he was admitted in 1776 as a Cadet in the Walonas Royal Guard Regiment and was later promoted to First Lieutenant with Colonel rank. It is most likely that Antoine moved from Great Britain to Spain, where as a […]
Tribute to Benito Pérez Galdós, writer who coined the genre of the “Spanish realist novel” in the 19th Century, on the street that nowadays carries his name. An important figure for Bailén, as he wrote about these lands in his famous National Episodes (1843-1920).
This square, built as a reflection of the twinning between Bailén and the Greek town of Spetses, becomes a symbol in out locality that displays unity between towns. Both towns belong to the European Historical Re-enactment Network, other members of which also include; Cork and Dublin in Ireland, Slavkov in the Czech Republic, Tewkesbury in […]
Located in the Parador Avenue and created in honor of the Father of the Argentine Nation, José de San Martín, this square was inaugurated in the Festivities of 1994 with the name of Yapeyú (place of birth of the liberator of the southern American cone), in commemoration of his involvement in the Battle of Bailén. […]
At the beginning of the 20th Century this square was built in honor of the spanish general of swiss origins, Teodoro Reding von Biberegg. Reding was responsible for setting the Porcuna Plan in motion, which, devised by Castaños, brought them to victory on that glorious day in 1808. In 2008, a bronze sculpture was inaugurated […]
From bein known as “King Square”, or named as the ruler of the time, to be the Republic Square, José Antonio Square or Constitution Square, name with which it was baptized in 1933 and has mantained to the current day. In that same year, the Town Hall offices were transferred to the building that would […]
Walking around the surrounding area where the old fortress of the municipality was located, we arrive at Plaza de España (Spain Square). Its interior houses the Monument to General José de San Martín, donated by the Sanmartiniano Institute in July of 1972. When analyzing the sculpture, two clearly differentiated sections can be observed. On one […]
In 1933, this well-known park was built with a contemporary style, known as the Palm Trees Promenade. The initiative comes from the Mayor at the time, Mr. Cristóbal Marín Ruíz Castellanos, to alleviate the existent unemployment in the city. In this Promenade, the Allegoric Monument of the Battle of Bailén escorted by 77 palm trees […]
It was built in the 19th Century, near the house where the heroine of Bailén, María Bellido, supposedly lived. It was an area surrounded by orchards due to the abundance of water, so much so that its interior housed a stone fountain which, in times gone by, supplied locals with water. To fill their jugs […]
This park of extraordinary botanical wealth, popularly known as “El Vivero” was built between 1893 and 1895, a time in which Mr. Eduardo Carvajal would be mayor of Bailén and from whom it inherits its name. This garden will be one of your first views when entering Bailén from the south along Parador Avenue. Inside […]
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