Baeza

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Baeza
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Baeza (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Jaén
Coordinates 38 ° 0 ′  N , 3 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 0 ′  N , 3 ° 28 ′  W
Height : 769  msnm
Area : 194.3 km²
Residents : 15,841 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 81.53 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 23440
Municipality number  ( INE ): 23009
administration
Website : www.baeza.es
Location of the city
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Baeza is a city in Andalusia in the province of Jaén . It is located about 50 km northeast of Jaén .

history

Calle Conde Romanone

Baeza goes back to the ancient Beatia (or Biatia by Claudius Ptolemy), a city of the Celtiberian Oretani in the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis . Beatia was the bishopric to which the titular bishopric Beatia goes back.

After the conquest of large parts of Spain by the Arabs, Baeza was part of the Caliphate of Córdoba from 712 to 1068 and, after the collapse of the caliphate, belonged to the Taifa Emirate of Seville until the conquest by the Moroccan Almoravids in 1091 . During the turmoil at the Castilian Reconquista , 'Abd Allah al-Bayasi "El Baezano" managed to create an independent small emirate for a short time in 1224, which was conquered by Castile in 1226 . Baeza came under Arab rule again from 1232 to 1244 when the Taifa emir Muhammad I ibn Nasr incorporated it into his empire. After the Almohad -Herrschaft in Al-Andalus Muhammad had 1,232 in Arjona for Sultan to page. He soon gained control of Granada , Almería and Málaga and founded the Nasrid Empire of Granada in 1237 . In 1244/45 he had to recognize the feudal sovereignty of Castile, and with that Baeza finally came to Castile.

Attractions

Baeza, lion fountain

The closed old town ensemble in the Renaissance style has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2003 .

View into the cathedral

Among the attractions of the city, the cathedral in Renaissance style and include Palacio del Jabalquinto with parts in the style of Gothic architecture from the 15th century, the Renaissance to the 16th century and the Baroque to the 18th century. The old butcher's shop ( Antigua Carnicería ) in the Plaza del Populo, which is quite splendidly designed for a craft business, is also famous . The lion fountain is also located here.

education

The Guardia Civil maintains the Academia de Guardias y Suboficiales police academy in the city .

Baeza is also home to one of the branches of the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía University, founded in 1994 . It was named after Antonio Machado , who lived in the city from 1912-1919.

sons and daughters of the town

  • Alfonso Chacón (1530 / 40–1599), Dominican, church historian and archaeologist

Web links

Commons : Baeza  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Baeza  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. Ptolemy Geographia 2.6.9.
  3. Pliny the Elder Naturalis historia 3.3.4.