{"id":10138,"date":"2022-02-24T10:51:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/centro-historico\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T09:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:19:37","slug":"centro-historico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/centro-historico\/","title":{"rendered":"Centro Hist\u00f3rico (Historic center)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The start of our journey through the historic heart of Bail\u00e9n begins standing in front of the Museum of the Battle of Bail\u00e9n, where later the Plaza General Casta\u00f1os<\/b> (Commonly known as \u201cEl Paseo\u201d [The promenade]) will open up to connect some of the most relevant streets of the city, like the Zarco del Valle and Mar\u00eda Bellido streets<\/b>. All meant to take us to the place where the heroine, Mar\u00eda Bellido, once lived, nearby the emblematic Glorieta Virgen de Zocueca<\/b> (Virgin of Zocueca Roundabout, commonly known as \u201cLa Carrera\u201d<\/i><\/b> [The Race]).<\/p>

The Crist\u00f3bal Col\u00f3n and Isaac Peral streets<\/b> will take you once again to the Isabel la Cat\u00f3lica street (Commonly known as Calle Real [Royal street]<\/i>)<\/b>. Here, you could see the facade of the Colegio Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas<\/b> (Holy Heart of Jesus School) from the 18th century, residence to the San Vicente de Pa\u00fal sisters since 1916, when the building was donated to them by Ms. Mariana Soriano.<\/p>

In this journey through Bailen\u2019s history, the Fachada del Palacio Ducal<\/b> (Ducal Palace Facade), owned by the Ponce de Le\u00f3n family is the next stop of our route. Symbol and memory of what was once the city\u2019s fortress and home to the Counts of Bail\u00e9n. Next to it, the Ermita de Nuestro Padre Jes\u00fas<\/b> (Our Father Jesus Chapel) from the 18th century answered once upon a time to the name of Ermita de Santo Cristo de Nazaret<\/b> (Saint Christ of Nazaret Chapel), which could be seen from the old Camino Real, guarded by nothing more than three houses.<\/p>

Then, the Casa Consistorial<\/b> (Town Hall) places us at the most centric place of the city, located at the most ancient and yet recently renovated Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n (Constitution Square, commonly known as \u201cDel ayuntamiento\u201d [Town Hall square or \u201cDel Reloj\u201d [Clock\u2019s square]<\/i><\/b>). Next, it is time to enjoy an architectonic marvel from the 15th century, the Iglesia de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Encarnaci\u00f3n<\/b> (Our Lady of the Incarnation Parish Church), declared a historic-artistic monument in 1983.<\/p>

We will continue our way through the Amargura street<\/b>, which withholds great significance during Bailen\u2019s Holy Week, and in which we will spot the Casa de la Cultura<\/b> (Culture\u2019s House) after stepping into the H\u00e9roes de Bail\u00e9n street<\/b> (Heroes of Bail\u00e9n street).<\/p>

During the last stretch of our journey we will let our imagination run wild, as we will dive into the place where we will find the old Castle of Bail\u00e9n (Nowadays, \u201cEl Castillo\u201d educational center<\/i>)<\/b>. Ascending through the street named after the castle, we will find the Plaza de Espa\u00f1a<\/b> (Spain\u2019s Square), where the monument to General San Mart\u00edn<\/b> will show us the way to reach Plaza Reding<\/b> (Reding Square), in honour of General Reding<\/b> who would implement General Casta\u00f1os\u2019 plan that would defeat the invincible napoleonic troops. After this stop, the America street<\/b> will serve as a link to reach the end of our journey in the Ermita del Santo Cristo<\/b> (Saint Christ Chapel) from the 18th century.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The start of our journey through the historic heart of Bail\u00e9n begins standing in front of the Museum of the Battle of Bail\u00e9n, where later the Plaza General Casta\u00f1os (Commonly known as \u201cEl Paseo\u201d [The promenade]) will open up to connect some of the most relevant streets of the city, like the Zarco del Valle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-routes","category-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13050,"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10138\/revisions\/13050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismobailen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}