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extraordinary fountain. |
This prosperous olive-farming town stands on a plateau
overlooking the rolling hills of the Subbética Mountain Range,
and is famous for its baroque churches, in which the convoluted
patterns are elegantly incised into the stone façades, such
as the Iglesia de la Asunción and the Iglesia de la Aurora,
from which a cloaked brotherhood sets out on a procession every
Saturday night, singing songs and collecting alms.
All this magnificence was made possible by the town´s
18th century silk-production boom, the main monument to which is
the Fuente del Rey, an extraordinary fountain in
a leafy park with numerous large pools and no less than 139 spouts
surrounding a statue of Neptune.
The interesting sights are clearly signposted in
Priego de Cordoba. The old town is built around the Arabic castle
at the edge of the escarpment. The castle is XIII century with reconstruction
in the XVI century. There is a large prayer tower and six other
smaller towers. The Church of the Asuncion is a
XVI century Gothic Mudejar temple remodelled in the Baroque style
in the XVIII century. The main altarpiece is Renaissance. the sacristy
chapel is known as a masterpiece of the Spanish baroque. The tower
dates back to 1541. (Opening hours 11-13.30, 17.30-19, closed Mondays).
 Barrio de la Villa is the oldest
residential area. Whitewashed houses whose walls are decorated with
plant pots of geraniums and petunias. The doors and windows are
neatly painted in blue or green. There are even rainwater gutters
and drain pipes which is very unusual for southern Spain. The houses
are separated by a maze of very narrow cobbled lanes, too narrow
for the motorcar. In complete contrast many of the little lanes
are united by the Balcon de Aldarve which affords magnificent views
from the escarpment across the rolling countryside.
The Paseo de Colon nearby is a
quiet shady walkway that also opens out to the same view.
The Carnicerias Reales is the old
slaughter house from the XVI. It centres around a central patio
with a colonnade of arches. There is also a well preserved stone
spiral staircase.
The town summer feria is the end of August and the
first days of September.
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