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- Baena, on its hill, overlooking the Rio Marbella, strategically placed on an ancient droving route, now the N432, midway between Córdoba and Granada has been an important town since the Iberian period. Its castle and monumental architecture attest to that importance.
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Baena. This municipality is located in the southeast of the province of Córdoba, between the Campiña and the Subbética. Its landscape is hilly, full of cereal crops and olive trees.
- History of Baena
- Economy of Baena
- Baena Massacre
- La Leona de Baena
- Museo Histórico Municipal
- Museo Del Olivar Y El Aceite
- Castillo de Baena
Iberian Goddess The early history of Baena is a little confused. The Roman historian, Pliny, mentions a town called Iponuba that was founded in the 6th century BC by the Turduli tribe, the dispersed remnants of the ancient Tartessian society, then coming under the influence of the Iberian tribes who were dominant in the eastern parts of Andalucia. ...
Plaza Palacio Baena The economy of the town depends on the growing of cereals and olive oil and it has gradually expanded and grown wealthy on that basis.
Into the modern age, Baena was not spared conflict. During the Spanish Civil War about 700 Republican Loyalists (some accounts put the figure at 2000 but they were exaggerated for political reasons) were mass executed by order of the Nationalist Colonel Eduardo Sáenz de Buruaga. The event became known as the Baena massacre, just one atrocity commit...
La Leona de Baena is an Iberian limestone sculpture dating from the late 6th century BC. It was found in the Cerro del Minguillar archaeological site, located in the town where the remains of an ancient oppidum, are located. The original is in the Madrid Museum. Reproductions can be found all over Baena. In the Plaza de la Constitucion below the ca...
The museum concentrates on the finds made at the nearby Torreparedones archaeological site, a fortified settlement occupied between the Neolithic period and the Middle Ages. The exhibition includes the statuary, idols and figurines discovered in the Iberian sanctuary, a rare collection since little is known about the Iberian religion. One of their ...
The building that houses the Museo del Olivar y el Aceite of Baena, on Calle Cañada on the edge of the old town, was a mill owned by José Alcalá Santaella until 1959. Most of the mill machinery dates from the middle of the 19th century. During the olive harvest, a group of three millers worked in the mill and ground 2,000 - 3,000 kg a day. The frui...
Baena Castle is square and still has part of its original walls and three of the original four towers: El Secreto, Los Cascabeles and Cinco Esquinas or Las Arqueras. Since the 16th century the castle has been used as the Palacio de los Duques. Diego Fernández de Córdoba, III Conde de Cabra, established his residence in the castle at the beginning o...
In the heart of Andalusia, surrounded by an immense landscape of olive groves, between the Subbéticas mountain ranges and the gentle undulations of the Campiña that stretches out at its feet, is Baena: a melting pot of civilizations and cradle of the most genuine tradition of Holy Week.
Baena is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Córdoba, Andalusia. It is situated near the river Marbella on the slope of a hill 52 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Córdoba by road. The population of the town is 20,266 (2012).
Baena is surrounded by some wonderful natural areas for visitors to explore. Discover the Embalse de Vadomojón , Lagunas de la Quinta y del Rincón Muerto , Puente de Piedra , Vía Verde de Baena , Parque Ramón Santaella and Parque de la Cañada .
To discover Baena is to enter its streets and historic squares, get lost in the most remote ones and be surprised by the unique buildings that will be found along the entire route.
