Rivera Bus Viajes provide a week day bus Monday to Friday only bus service from Higuera de Calatrava to Santiago de Calatrava and Martos.

The most important traditional festivals celebrated in La Guardia de Jaén are Three Kings,Día de San Antón, Feria y Fiestas de San Sebastián, Semana Santa, Feria y Fiestas en Honor a la Divina Pastora, Fiestas en Honor de la Virgen del Rosario.

The church dates back to the sixteenth century, and its design is recognisably Renaissance, although without the stylistic fanfare typical of other buildings from the period. Its interior consists of a single box floor, divided into three naves that support smooth shaft columns with Doric capitals and sparsely decorated pointed arches. Externally, the church has two bodies separated by molding with two sober façades framed by semicircular arches. The most unique element of the church’s structure is its tower. Located in Plaza de la Constitución.

The fountain’s shapes are perfectly symmetrised by the arrangement of two twin spaces with three stylised gaps covered by small semicircular arches that emphasise the jets of water. Inside, in a niche covered by glass, made in the second half of the twentieth century by María Isabel Sánchez Bonilla, a small image of the Virgin is venerated, about 8m high and in the style of classic iconography.

Lavadero, Fuensanta de Martos

The public washing area dates back to the seventeenth century, with characteristic architectural elements of the popular Baroque style, such as the carpal access arches and the small central Solomonic column that rests on a pillar. Its use as a predominantly social space has been maintained almost until today. The interior space is an elongated rectangular nave (10x2.5m), made of mortar and lime, with a central channel, and covered by a roof of skylights.

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Paseo Fuente La Negra

Torre del Algarrobo, Fuensanta de Martos

The remains visible today suggest a tower with a straight cylindrical body of 5.20m in diameter, on a raised platform in its northern part. Most of the remains are concentrated in this sector and show the usual construction system of masonry perimeter, with a maximum preserved height of 3.18m. Around the tower you can see the remains of large-scale fortressed walls, which may be the remains of an Ibero-Roman settlement.

During the 1950s, the priest of Fuensanta, Fernando Garcia Valencia, decided that that year the children’s first communions would be celebrated on the esplanade of a farm called La Castillería. They improvised an altar, and adorned all the chairs in white. The event was attended by all the residents of the area. After this celebration, the priest met with some of the neighbours and discussed the possible construction of a hermitage at the school. Word quickly spread, and the neighbourhood approved. Work began immediately on the land donated by Doña Paquita Gutierrez Sanchez.

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Cambus provide a two bus a day Monday to Friday and one on Saturday bus service M02-19 from Jaén city (Bus Station), Torredelcampo, Torredonjimeno, Martos and Fuensanta de Martos.

History of Fuensanta de Martos

The strategic location of Fuensanta de Martos has lead to its role as a control nucleus throughout history, as evidenced by the remains of fortified enclosures from different periods dotted around its territory. The fortified enclosure of Cerro Algarrobo dates from the end of the Iberian period and the dawn of the Romanization of this area. Peculiarly, it was a trapezoidal fortification and has signs of bastions along the route of the wall.

The most important traditional festivals celebrated in Fuensanta de Martos are:

Fuensanta de Martos Tourist office

The tourist office of Fuensanta de Martos is located in the town hall.

Ayuntamiento de Fuensanta de Martos
Plaza de la Constitución, 13
Fuensanta de Martos
23610
Jaén

Tel: 953 56 50 00

Fuensanta de Martos is one of the largest olive oil producers in the province of Jaén, although its economic activity also centres around upholstering furniture and rearing pigs. It has about 3,040 inhabitants.