Tours of Castles and Monasteries in Andalusia
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JAEN
ITINERARY 1: Baños de la Encina - Ibros - Canena -
Sabiote - Segura de la Sierra - Siles.
ITINERARY 2: Porcuna - Torredelcampo - Jaén - Jódar
- Cazorla - La Iruela.
This is a strategic regon between the Castilian plateau and
the Guadalquivir valley, where the province of Jaén
shows remains of Iberian Cyclopean walls (Ibros or Torredelcampo),
but where most of the imposing fortresses owe their existence
to the Moors, and their consolidation or rebuilding to the
Christians. The Caliphs of Cordova built the castle at Baños
de la Encina in the 10th c. in order to control the road through
Despeñaperros. The castle of Santa Catalina at Jaen
is likewise Moorish (it was the saintly King Ferdinand's residence
while he was conquering this land half way through the 13th
c.), and so are those of Segura de la Sierra, Cazorla and
La Iruela whose settings alone makes them seem quite impregnable.
The large fortified 15th c. tower at Porcuna (Gothic-Mudéjar)
is Christian; it was built by the Master of Calatrava, Boabdil
was impresioned there and it served as headquarters for Castaños
before the decisive battle of Bailen. There is different scenery
in the castles of Canena and Sabiote in both of which the
architect Vandelvira worked on orders from Francisco de los
Cobos, secretary to Charles V; in Canena we can still behold
the magnificent Renaissance curtyard. From the citadel at
Siles there is a large fortified tower and a granary.
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Washington Irving route on a bicycle: from
seville to osuna (seville-Marchena,
Marchena-Osuna),
from
Osuna to Antequera (technical
chart), from
Antequera to Loja (technical
chart), from
Loja to Montefrio (technical
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visit to Alhama (technical
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from Montefrio to Granada (technical
chart), Gardens
of Cadiz and Malaga, of
Seville and Huelva, of
Cordova and Jaen, of
Granada and Almeria; The
Western and the
Central Route of White Villages; Romantic
Andalusia: Monumental, Navigable,
Oriental, Landscapes,
Contraband and Pathways
Routes; The
Western,
Northeast and Water
Route of
Subbetic Mountains; Islamic
Andalusia: Cadiz, Cordoba,
Granada
and Almeria , Seville
and Huelva, Malaga
and Jaen;
Popular
Architecture: Caves, Ranchos,
Jaen,
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Axarquia,
White
Villages, Pedroches,
Huelva
and countryside,
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