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Attractions

Embalse de Giribaile

The Giribaile reservoir is situated on the Guadalimar River, in the Guadalquivir Basin between La Loma de Úbeda and El Condado. Built between 1993 and 1997, its wall is located on the slopes of La Lambra

Muralla Ciclópea

Cyclopes were mythological beings with one eye, members of a race of giants, strong and of tempestuous temperament. Legend says they were great builders and craftsmen; this is why, during the Middle Ages, walls of large worked blocks such as this one began to be discovered.

Casa de los Benavides

This manor house is representative of the vernacular architecture of Ibros. It symbolises the presence of the Lords in Ibros, although they rarely inhabited it.

Iglesia de San Pedro y San Pablo

Construction of the church was ordered by Francisco Sarmiento de Mendoza, Bishop of Jaén, in 1523, who oversaw its completion, including images, altarpieces and bells.

Molinillo Romano

The oldest monument in Canena is the Molinillo. The mill is thought to be Roman in origin, as a hydraulic construction destined for the milling of cereal.

Balneario San Andrés

The waters of the San Andrés spring have been well known since the Roman era, popular for their therapeutic properties and credited with creating a balanced state of physical and mental health.

Oleoturismo Castillo de Canena

The olive oil mill dates back to 1780 and is named after the castle. Almazara Castillo de Canena is a family business fully dedicated to obtaining extra virgin olive oil. They carry out the entire process themselves, including cultivation, pressing, storage, packaging, sales and marketing.

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción

The church dates to the first half of the sixteenth century and is Renaissance in style. To the right of the main entrance is the bell tower with a quadrangular floor plan and hipped roof.

Museo de las Telecomunicaciones

Construction of the chapel, Virgen de los Remedios, began at the end of the fifteenth century and was completed in the middle of the eighteenth, thanks to alms indicated on the facade.

Ermita de la Virgen de los Remedios

Construction of the chapel, Virgen de los Remedios, began at the end of the fifteenth century and was completed in the middle of the eighteenth, thanks to alms indicated on the facade.

Castillo de Canena

The sixteenth-century castle was designed by the Spanish Renaissance architect Andrés de Vandelvira and belonged to Francisco de los Cobos, who was private secretary to Carlos I and a great patron of Renaissance developments in Úbeda.

Oleícola San Francisco

The olive oil company Oleícola San Francisco was founded in 1927 and acquired by Manolo Rus and José Jimenez in 1989. They launched a family project that has become a passion and a way of living in Jaén.

Puente del Obispo

The Puente de Obispo is a sixteenth-century bridge over the Guadalquivir River, on the old route from Jaén to Baeza. Named the Bishop’s Bridge, it is one of the first of the Hispanic Renaissance, made up of 4 unequal barrel vaults, arranged in rows of unequal height.

Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares

The museum makes an extensive journey through the history and ethnology of the town, standing out for its extraordinary representative quality and the perfect harmony of its staging.

Palacio Episcopal

The Episcopal Palace was erected between 1505 and 1510. It represents one of the first examples of the Hispanic Renaissance in the Iberian Peninsula.

Torre del Homenaje

Once the castle’s main defense point, the tower was used as the residence of the Lord, housing the main rooms and, on occasions, granary store. It was positioned on the northern side of the castle

Castillo de Begíjar

The most emblematic monument of the town and an exceptional witness to the historical evolution of the town. The origin of the castle is linked to the Visigoths, although a fortress possibly already existed prior to this time.

Ermita del Santísimo Cristo de la Vera-Cruz

The chapel was built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with a Latin cross floor plan, which is covered with a lowered half-barrel vault in the body of the cross, ribbed vaults in the arms of the cross.

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Visible for miles, the Renaissance-style Parish Church, built in a former Muslim enclave, was known as Iglesia de Santa María in the fourteenth century. In the sixteenth century, the current church was built on its site; this demolition and reconstruction process is expensed in local archives.