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ROUTE OF THE NAZARIES |
The Route of the Nazaries
Jaen Arabic past is present in most of its villages, towns and landscapes.
The long seven years of Muslim dominion determined the history, culture,
society and art of this province. Jaen, - the former Geen which means
"place where caravans pass through" - belonged to that Al-Andalus
whose stellar poles were the cities of Cordoba and Granada. The recovery,
revision and presentation of this ancient splendour is the task of
the Andalusi Legacy, a cultural and tourism initiative which attempts
to put into relief the great importance of those times in order to
understand our current epoch. The Andalusi Legacy has outlined two
routes in the province of Jaen. The most important is the Route of
the Nazarites which wanders through most of the provincial territory.
The itinerary begins in las Navas de Tolosa, which nowadays is a district
of La Carolina. It was also the battle site where the Almohads lost
their northern possessions in 1212. Passing by Baños and its
castle, followed by Bailen and Mengibar, one arrives at Jaen.
The Arab Baths, which are one of the best preserved buildings of their
kind, are located in the Moorish quarter of la Magdalena. The fortress
of Santa Catalina proudly crowns the city, and is one of the main
bastions of that civilization in the lands of Jaen. The Route of the
Nazaries continues to Baeza and Ubeda, towns which eight hundred years
ago erected Aljama mosques. In fact, Ubeda conserves an original Mudejar
house whose horseshoe shaped arches reveal its origins. Towers and
watchtowers built for defence are dispersed throughout villages such
as Castellar, Sorihuela del Guadalimar, Beas and Segura de la Sierra.
Sierra Magina was for many years frontier territory with the Nazarite
kingdom of Granada and the land reconquered by the Castilian Kings.
Localities such as Cambil, Huelm Mata Begid dis mental catalogue Arabian
spirit. The Route of continues through to Granada, until capital,
where it te feet of the Alhambra. |
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