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| BAEZA. A walk around this town is always full of surprises due to the sheer abundance of monuments from all the ages, and for the quality of the sculptural relief work in houses of apparent simplicity. The chronology of these monuments begins with the Fuente de los Leones, built using Roman pieces from Castulo. Baeza has two Romanesque churches, Santa Cruz from the later Romanesque period, and Salvador, which also combines Gothic and Renaissance elements. Considerable space is needed to refer to all the monuments to be found in Baeza. Of particular interest are the Palacio de Jabalquinto, with a front decorated with diamond shaped patterns, and Gothic and plateresque elements; the former Camiceria or meat market, today the Archive Ubrary, with a superb Renaissance front; the former Carcel or prison, now the Town Hall and the work of Vandelvira; the Fuente de Santa Maria, "small and elegant, and which resembles a model of a triumphal arch"; the former University, dating from 1588 and founded by St John of Avila, with a simple sixteenth-century front, and a courtyard with a double series of arches and an auditorium with excellent panelling; many other heraldic houses and the Cathedral, with memories of the Morisco, Gothic and Renaissance periods. The Paseo de Antonio Machado provides the perfect spot to enjoy the stunning landscape, dominated by the Aznaitin and Magina hill ranges.
UBEDA is where the Renaissance most left a mark in Andalusia, due to the abundance, proximity and splendour of its sixteenth-century buildings. The Plaza de Vazquez Molina is the square of a Renaissance city. It is presided over by the Capilla del Salvador, the chapel where Francisco de los Cobos, secretary to Charles V. is buried. In the chapel, Vandelvira repeated architectural themes of Siloe in the cathedral of Granada, albeit with a personal interpretation: a triumphal arch in the entrance to the high chapel and the large central cupola, inspired by the Church of the Holy Tomb in Jerusalem. The sculptural work deals with themes from classical mythology that allude to the survival of man. The similarity to the Holy Tomb and the transfigured image of Jesus on the Tabor, the main theme of the facade, which is repeated in the altarpiece by Alonso de Berruguete, interpret the whole as an affirmation of hope in the resurrection. The chapel is accompanied by palaces, such as Vazquez Molina, Mancera, and Dean, and the Church of Santa Maria de los Reales AIcazares, built in all the styles and on the site of the former fortress and mosque. The architectural restraint can be appreciated in the Renaissance front of the Palacio de Mancera, the plateresque facade of the Casa de las Torres and in the resemblance to El Escorial of the Hospital de Santiago. In 1929, Luis Bello wrote: "For Baeza, as with Ubeda, the most intelligent thing to do would be to declare them both a veritable national monument, in their entirety and just as they are.". |
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