Lucena

Lucena Review

Southern Córdoba is also the province's main olive-producing region, with the town of Lucena at its center. If you follow the Ruta del Aceite (olive oil route), you'll pass some of the province's most picturesque villages. In Lucena is the Torre del Moral, where Granada's last Nasrid ruler, Boabdil, was imprisoned in 1483 after launching an unsuccessful attack on the Christians; and the Parroquia de San Mateo, a small but remarkable Renaissance-Gothic cathedral. The town makes furniture and brass and copper pots. Southeast of Lucena, C334 crosses the Embalse de Iznájar (Iznájar Reservoir) amid spectacular scenery. On C334 halfway between Lucena and the reservoir, in Rute, you can sample the potent anís (anise) liqueur for which this small, whitewashed town is famous.