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BAILÉN

The town of Bailén is located in the northern region, where the natural crossing of roads connect the central and northern part of the Iberian Peninsula to the South and the East and West of Andalusia. It is located at approximately 343 m above sea level, and has 39 km distance from the city of Jaén. Currently, the town’s population is approximately 18,785, and the townspeople of Bailén are referred to as “Bailenenses”.

Bailén is a city which integrates new industries with the customary life that relies primarily on agriculture. Morever, it preserves fascinating and remarkable monuments including the Castle, the Church of La Encarnación, and the Chapels of Nuestro Padre Jesús of Santo Cristo, of La Soledad and of San Juan.

The town of Bailén began from the Tartessian settlement, known as “Barrito”. The Phoenicians also referred to this town the same name as the Tartessian. “Balkol” was the name the Greeks called it, and the Romans referred to this town as “Baécula-Caecilla” or Baecula-Baetica. All these civilizations mainly worked on its gold, silver, lead and coper mines.

Bailén additionally features a large industrial ceramics, wine and hospitality, as well as the cultivation of crops and the development of the olive oil industry.

Most tourists of the town of Bailén enjoy the most spectacular buildings of historical and artistic heritage. The temple of the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación was built during the fifteenth century, and due to its overall features, and due to this, it was declared as a historical monument.

There are in fact, a lot more interesting architectures that this particular town has to offer, and most of them are chapels. La Ermita De Nuestra Señora De La Soledad, was built within the 15th and 16th centuries and already has the components of Gothic and Baroque. The La Ermita De Jesus” was built during the 18th century and it now reflects the baroque as the “Chapel Of Christ” and the current “La Ermita De La Virgen De Zocueca” Bailén patterns, and was constructed between the 17 and 18th centuries.

Tourists who wish to experience the festivities or holidays of the traditional Bailenenses can go to the town of Bailén during the month of February for their Carnival and the Feast of Candelaria with typical fires, for Holy Week during the month of May for the Festival of the Barrio De San José Obrero, during the month of July for the commemoration of the Battle of Bailén, and finally, during the month of September for the pilgrimage of the Virgin of Zocueca.