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Uvas Bailen - Bailén

Uvas Bailen - Bailén

Visitors can discover the sixty-year-old vineyard and learn about its history, the entire growing and harvesting process and how grapes are prepared for sale. Visitors in September can taste the freshly picked grapes, and collect their own boxes of grapes to take home. Uvas Bailén was established in September 2019 due to the closure of the Santa Gertrudis winery. Faced with the challenge of what to do with the grapes and to avoid having to dig up the vineyard, they decided to sell dessert grapes and use the remaining grapes for wine-making.

Iglesia Parroquial de la Encarnación - Bailén

The church was inaugurated on November 16, 1504, by the Bishop of Jáen, Don Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce, an event attended by the Counts of Bailén; Don Rodrigo Ponce de León and Doña Blanca Sandoval.

Casa de la Cultura - Bailén

This nineteenth-century house is located on the former Camino de Jaén, one of the main gateways to the city, specifically the Madrid-Cádiz route, which once connected with the old Bailén Castle.

Cave Art - Aldeaquemada

This collection of prehistoric schematic and Levantine-style paintings is scattered over crags and rock shelters.

Pósito de Diezmo y Labradores - Aldeaquemada

This eighteenth-century building is typical of the colonies and foundations of Carlos III, built in brick, rectangular in shape, with two floors and a gabled roof where it has a discreet attic brick structure that houses the clock.

Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias - Valdepeñas de Jaén

Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias - Valdepeñas de Jaén

This chapel was founded in 1721 by José Antonio de Aguilera y Arceo, an interesting character in the history of Valdepeñas de Jaén; nobleman and holder of the Mayorazgo de los Arceo-Gamboa. After the Civil War, in 1942, it was restored, including the additional of a new sculpture which presides over the chapel.

 

Location

Located in the Parrizoso area, on the bank of the Quiebrajano Reservoir.

Centro de Interpretación de Valdepeñas de Jaén - Valdepeñas de Jaén

Centro de Interpretación de Valdepeñas de Jaén - Valdepeñas de Jaén

The Regional Network of Oil Mills of Sierra Sur is made up of nine Interpretation Centres located in oil factories in this region of Jaén. Each centre focuses on a different element of the production of olive oil, including olive growing methods, oil production processes and classification systems, analysis of the olive oil market and the history of the trees themselves. The one in Valdepeñas de Jaén is dedicated to the history of the olive tree and olive oil. Tel: 953 31 00 70.

Zip line and Hanging Bridge at Frailes

This thrilling experience begins with zooming over an 80m drop on a 130m zip line across the Velillos River. It is the only urban zip line in the world that starts from a Town Hall. The experience continues across the 150m Colgante Bridge, where you can enjoy wonderful views as you reach the starting point. Visitors can continue the adventure by climbing and abseiling down a climbing wall.

Iglesia de Santa Lucía - Frailes

In 1550, Pedro de Valencia built a small chapel at his own expense, on a site that he acquired from Bartolomé Fernández de Montemolín, and paid for the image of Santa Lucía.