Situated near to Bailén’s graveyard, we can find this chapel. Its age can be divided into two periods of time which coincide with the styles that segment the temple. The Gothic aspect is captured in its rectangular nave, separated in turn into four spaces via three pointed arches, all dating back to the 14th century. […]

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 […]

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 […]

In calle Pérez Galdós, we can find this small hermitage named ‘Limpia y Pura’ (Clean and Pure). This road was once known as Calle Alcolea, before changing its name to El Santo, in honour of Fernando III. Interestingly, in 1676, the birth of Fray (Brother) Manuel of Jaén, Capuchin priest who is considered a saint, […]

Tiene lugar su inauguración el 16 de Noviembre de 1504, por el Obispo de Jáen Don Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce, y a la que asisten desde los Condes de Bailén; Don Rodrigo Ponce de León y Doña Blanca Sandoval hasta el último de sus vasallos en un día de celebración y fiesta […]