Jaén

Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra de Jabalcuz, Jaén is surrounded by towering peaks and olive-clad hills. The Arabs called it Geen (Route of the Caravans) because it formed a crossroad between Castile and Andalusia. Captured from the Moors by Saint King Ferdinand III in 1246, Jaén became a frontier province, the site of many a skirmish and battle over the next 200 years between the Moors of Granada and Christians from the north and west. Today the province earns a living from its lead and silver mines and endless olive groves.

Jaén at a Glance

Elsewhere in Andalusia

• Alcalá la Real
• The Alpujarras
• Aracena
• Arcos de la Frontera
• Baena
• Baeza
• Cádiz
• Carmona
• Cazorla
• Córdoba
• Doñana National Park
• Écija
• Fuentevaqueros
• Granada
• Guadix
• Itálica

• Jerez de la Frontera
• La Rábida
• Mazagón
• Montilla
• Palos de la Frontera
• Priego de Córdoba
• Puerto de Santa María
• Riotinto
• Sanlúcar de Barrameda
• Santa Fe
• Seville
• The Sierra Nevada
• Úbeda
• Zuheros

See Also

• Spain
• Andalusia