Casa Museo Antiguo Hospital - Castillo de Locubin
Casa Museo Antiguo Hospital de la Orden de Calatrava
The Museum of Popular Arts and Customs, curated by Consuelo Castillo González and José Antonio Expósito Torres, occupies a beautiful and spacious eighteenth-century building, patiently refurbished by its creator and which, even though it is privately owned, is placed at the service of the cultural and tourist interests of the town. The building shows characteristics of the stately and domestic Castille architecture. It is one of the few remaining examples of what was the abundant architectural heritage of Castillo de Locubín, today greatly diminished by demolitions and transformations through the centuries. The façade, arranged with a balanced symmetry of openings and gaps, is centered with an elegant carved stone portal, which responds to a scheme that was very widespread in Jaén during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The door is framed by elegant flat architrave pilasters, on a flat pedestal. The lintel, with well-marked voussoirs, has the emblem of the Order of Santiago carved in the key, the cross on the scallop alluding to the link between the properties and a Knight of the Order. Although oral tradition links the building to an old hospital, the loss of the Municipal Archive in the 1940s prevents us an accurate tracing of its origin.
Opening Times:
Monday-Friday, 09:00-19:00hrs
Saturday, 09:00-18:00hrs
Tel: 659 55 66 06
Location
Located on Calle Josefa Mena.