• Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán: It is found in a steep terrain, sustained by contrasts that draw eight arches of stone seen. The Renaissance church was built between the 16th and 17th centuries. Inside it extends into a single ship divided into three sections, covered by vaulted vaults. There is a chorus at the feet and chapels of baroque tardo style with venerated images at local Holy Week. One of the baptismal batteries of the temple is of Mudejar Gothic style.

• The Palace of the Cobos: The call of the Marquis de Camarasa was built in the 16th century, the works were to be completed in 1565, as it appears in the inscription of the friso on the cover. Renaissance style, remember the splendor that the people lived from the moment Carlos I sells it to his secretary D. Francisco de los Cobos. The cover is divided into two bodies by an injunction. At the bottom is a half-point arc with acanto highlighted key and framed by acanto pilasters. The upper body is crowned laterally by two vases on pedestal and in the center a shield with a dome and cross of Santiago between columns decorated with reliefs. In 1997 it was included in the catalogue General of the Historical Heritage of Andalusia.

• The Church of the Holy One: It is made up of stone and built in the 20th century and consists of a single ship with presbytery on steps and chorus at the feet. The exterior is very simple and the main facade finished in hastial. Of this Church we are interested in its interior where it is preserved an oil on canvas with the iconography of Ecce Homo of the 17th century: a sitting Christ that responds to the baroque aesthetics of the dark, another 18th century oil of the Divine Pastor of popular theme and great chromatic contrast and of the 20th century, a wooden size of a Crucified, with careful anatomical study.

• The Cave of the Morron: It is one of the great Paleolithic-era rock sanctuaries they are located in the Alto Guadalquivir. The paintings are in a small room in the Cave. These are two different chromatism, one red and one black. It is very likely that we are facing a sanctuary in which the paintings have a magical propitiatory purpose for hunting, which was the main means of life of the surrounding populations. These rock paintings have been declared Good for Cultural Interest.

On the outskirts is "The Bridge" which is as popularly known the bridge that Andrés Vandelvira built in 1565, on behalf of Maria de Mendoza.

• Pegalajar City Council: Its construction is linked to the repopulation of the southern part of Jaén in the time of Charles V. It preserves the 18th century facade. It is fully rebuilt and only maintains its original track, the two-story cover of the 17th century.

• Church of the Holy Cross: Built in the castle's enclosure in the 16th century Renaissance style. Its two covers with a very sober decoration are of mannerist style and in its interior, stands out the baroque altarpiece, from which only the top is preserved. The bell tower is the ancient tower of homage. It's declared Good of Cultural Interest in 1985.

• Castle of the Peñuelas: In Christian chronicles it is cited as a Muslim fortress. Two different fortifications can be observed in the remaining remains. A previous one with a walled interior, with two entrance doors. One of them was protected by two circular turreons and the second was defended by two square turreons. He had another turret higher than the previous ones that today is the bell tower of the Church. The second outer enclosure is later, more damaged and served as an extension to the primitive fortification. One of its doors that is in good state of conservation is known as Arc of the Incarnation. Declared Good of Cultural Interest.

• Tower of the Head: It was built between 1462 and 1470, Although it is likely to rise on the ruins of a previous one. It is part of a set of towers that crossed the province, such as the atalaya de la Pedregosa located in Serrezuela de Pegalajar. Declared Good of Cultural Interest

• Arc of the Incarnation: It is about the main access door to the enclosure and the old castle of Pegalajar. It forms a pointed arch on which there is a commemorative stone in Gothic letter and two shields. The arms shield on the left belongs to a family linked to the Order of Calatrava and the shield on the right is from the city of Jaén. On top of all the above is the shield of Fernando III the Holy. It's kept in good condition. In the 19th century the chapel of La Incarnación was built in the adarve. It was declared Historical Monument in 1985.

Details of your artistic heritage:

• Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. It is one-ship, rectangular in shape and has a structure of Mudejar tradition. It was ordered to be built by the founder of the municipality, Dª Mencía de Salcedo. Inside it is the canvas of the patron of Noalejo, the Virgin of Bethlehem, as well as a copy of the Holy Sheet of Turin of the 16th century, both of which are belonging to Dª Mencía de Salcedo. It also houses an original size of the Immaculate Conception, one of the few not destroyed during the Civil War. A four-body square tower was then erected, not including that of the bells. Coronating the set, a small octagonal base capitel with small circular windows.

• Abrego de Navalcán. They have been declared Good of Cultural Interest in 1985. Its chronology dates from the Copper Age, mid-3rd millennium BC. It belongs to the rock art of the Mediterranean arc and is located in a coat above the Navalcan Abrigo, where remains of a human settlement have appeared. They are performed in a schematic way with three groups of figures that seem to stage a dance.

• Hermitage of the Virgin of Bethlehem. Open to the public in 1910, although it has been the subject of several remodeling. It is formed by a rectangular ship with a small bell tower on its main façade that occupies three bells. The side facade is made of stone with small windows that give light to the interior of the ship.

• City Council. Building built in the late 16th century. At first it was a convent under the title of Our Lady of the Assumption, and this is the reason for the small image that presides over the facade. In the 18th century it became for the first time the House of the Council. The original construction corresponds to a three-storey building, which housed a bell with three crunches. It had different dependencies and a central courtyard. A large two-metre imperial staircase, immense and majestic, raised us to the second floor. On the third floor the schools were installed.

• Parish Church of San Juan Evangelista, is the most important monument in the town. Declared Good of Cultural Interest in 1983, it was built in various phases between the 16th and 18th centuriesThe names of the most prestigious architects such as Andrés de Vandelvira, a master in the construction of the Jaén Cathedral, are linked to the building. The trail presents a temple of three ships with the flat header, columnary and sacristy supports, with vaulted vaults on the side and spherical ships at the central. The main coverof extraordinary bill and beautiful composition, mannerist, made of stone and structured as an altarpiece. Its most striking elements are the half point arc that opens the door, the double Ecstasy columns that flank her, ornamental grounds as diamond tips or structuressuch as pilasters and semicircular parties. The tower and with the first body without decoration to whom they point strong foothills; second body with balconies with a half-point arc on imposts, crate pilasters and triangular front with shield on the eardrum; body of bells, presents vases on the four corners on which the octagonal body is raised, which it holds, in turn, a pyramidal chapitel.

• Convent of the Barefoot Carmelites of Real Mancha. From this convent, founded by San Juan de la Cruz in 1586, is preserved a small part of the facade, a canvas divided into three sections by pilasters, the smooth sides and the central with the door. It consists of a half-point arch on imposts with highlighted key and jambas supported in the zócalo. The axis of the pilassas is crowned with pyramidal pinacles.

• Torre del Risquillo. They are remains of a bajomieval tower (tower of the homage of the old castle), probably from the 13th century that conserves 4 m high and is located on a small hill a few meters from Cortijo Risquillo.

• Castle of Ríez. It is integrated into the Cortijo de Ríez, and is an ancient fortress existing in the Auringi countryside. It is erected next to the Roman road from Guadix to Catulus. This fortress was destroyed by the northern barbarians who left only the foundations. In the time of Fernando III, the Holy One was rebuilt by the Arabs and looted and burned. He protected Baeza's path with Jaén.. At the foot of the remains of the enclosure are various archaeological pieces such as a mill and a catapult bullet. It's been declared Good of Cultural Interest.

• The Parish Church of St. Peter the Apostle. Built at the end of the century XVII has a simple structure both inside and outside. Its facade is articulated in two bodies, with greater development in height than in length, without ornamentation and its door intoned with slightly curved bow. It overcomes a small tower that, in addition to performing the bell tower function, singles out the church and underlines the highest height compared to the rest of the buildings.

• Old Town Hall. whose façade has a watch and a bell, according to the model of the conistory houses of the illustrated colonization. It currently hosts the municipal hostel.

• Urban hull. Maybe it's Larva's most attractive. Sitting on a soft slope, between the saws of the Well and Cabrillawith a capricious layout of its streets, light slopes, uni or multifamily houses with a marked rural accent.

• The Tissue of the Moors. It is a medieval settlement just a few meters from the city centre.

• El Castellón. Located in the Cerro del Castellón, the remains of an Iberian cyclopean fortress from the 2nd and 1st centuries are preserved. C. It is a walled enclosure with a quadrangular structure and a aljibe inside it and with limestone armchairs that reach a meter and a half in length.

• Cerro Castellón: This fortress is located on the top of a hill isolated between the plains of Larva. These remains have been dated between the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. It is a rectangular cyclopeia fortress built in dry stone. In the interior of this one is a plateau of regular armchairs, smaller than those of the outer walls. Fragments of ceramic decorated with Iberian-type geometric bands and medieval ceramic with incise decoration have been found.

• Virgin of Majada Blanquilla A mile from the village, on the way to Cabra del Santo Cristo, there is an olive farm known among the neighbors as Majada Blanquilla. It is located in the highest area of Larva, and in it is the highest point of the Sierra de Larva with 1144 meters above sea level. It is here at this point, built by the hand of man, where there is a small sanctuary with a Marian image becoming a place of pilgrimage, and a perfect hiking route for the most experienced.

• Museum of People's Arts and Cosmos, where we will be able to know all kinds of traditional items and instruments, among which are the tools of the labrance and the slaughter.

The most important monuments of La Guardia are:

• Castle of the Jaén Guard. It is a fortress of considerable dimensions, settled on Iberian vestiges. Most of its defensive structure was built in the period of Al-Ándalus, with subsequent remodeling, mainly of the alcázar to serve as a church or palaciega residence in the 15th and 16th centuries. From the Tower of Tribute a stunning panoramic that shows us Sierra Magina, Sierra Morena and the fields of La Loma.

• Old convent of Santo Domingo. The church is the best preserved building of the Old Convent of Santo Domingo de La Guardia, the rest being in advanced state of ruin or hidden by the reforms of the last century when it is occupied by an almazara. After the deamortization and abandonment of the church of Santa Maria on the grounds of the castle, the church of the convent was converted into Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption.Decoratively, the temple is of a pure classicist style, typical of the Vandelvira of the second half of the 16th century, hired in 1542 by the Dominicans for its project and execution. With a one-ship Latin cross plant, respecting the patterns of the Dominican order, it stands out its header, in which the date of 1556 is recorded. A Renaissance work of great beauty that has been declared Artistic Historical Monument, protected as Good of Cultural Interest in 1975.

• Public laundry of the Second Republic. A place with a special charm, in which it still seems to be impregnated by the atmosphere that the people occupied in daily hygiene created every day. The utensils they used and which have been donated by the neighbors can still be seen in it. On the first floor is the Fountain Lavadero Museum.

• Set Plaza Isabel II. It's another major enclave in La Guardia. The historical set was built to illustrate the greatness of the Marquise granted by King Philip II in 1556 to the first Marquis of La Guardia, Gonzalo Messia Carrillo de Fonseca.

The square concentrates several monuments concerning the 16th century and the Renaissance:

• The Source of the five years, they are bronze and they used the water of a local spring.

• The Source of Mary Magdalena, a central fountain topped with a sedent virgin that belonged to the ancient convent of the Dominicans.

• Sole house of the Ochoa familywhich was built in 1813 and which seems to preside over the square.

• The Church of the Assumptionbuilt between the 16th and 17th centuries, of classical Renaissance façade and of great proportions. It has a Latin cross plant, with chapels among the contrasts. The deck is of canyon vault and dome on breast on the cruise. The presbytery, the major chapel and the cruise are 1775. The tower of the mid-17th century is decorated with episcopal shields and the neoclassical cover is one of the best in the province for its proportions. Located on the wall is the valuable "Ibero-Latin inscription of Galdur," mythological city and ancient cradle of Jódar, is from the 1st century BC

• Jódar Castle. In the historical core of Jódar, on a rocky podium is the castle, mentioned in documents of 860. It is known that the castle is erected in Iberian times, as indicated by the inscriptions found in one of the armchairs, cthe most dean of the province and one of the oldest in Andalusia. It takes on importance in Muslim times with the Muladian revolts. This fortress has two towers of tribute, one of Arab origin and one raised by Christians. Both are almost square, in the Old Tower the entrance is located at the height of the first floor and has two series of saetera. The New TowerIt consists of a central wall and a central wall. Its saetries similar to those of the North Tower and the interior decks are vaulted vaults of the 16th century. It preserves mudejar stucco remains. Both towers have been restored. The South Tower is currently the Reception and Interpretation Centre of the Natural Park of Sierra Magina. The North Tower has been enabled to recreate and make known the history of the castle and the municipality.declared Historical Monument, under the protection of Good Cultural Interest, in 1985.

• Sanctuary Church of the Christ of Mercy. It was built in 1700 on an ancient hermitage. It is of one ship and there is an extraordinary size of the 16th century of the Christ of Mercy. A baptismal stack of 1660 must also be highlighted.

• Tower of the Pinars, declared Well of Cultural Interest, as Historical Monument in 1985. It sits at the southeast end of a hill that controls the right bank of the Jandulilla River, so its strategic position is beyond doubt. The tower is circular, with a door in height, which divides it into two bodies; the lower one is fully solid and the upper one has a small room also circular. It has an irregular masonry-based mating with plaster argamase, the same material that is used to cover the entire surface of the tower.

• Church of Santiago the Major. It is of three ships highlighting the central ship, and it owes its name to the day in Fernando III won Jimena to the Arabs in 1234. The initial factory of the church is gothic, with elements as significant as vegetable capitals, the pointed backbone that opens the perspective to the major chapel or the starry vault that covers it.His first roof was to move, and the first cover with a half-point bow, you were humming ruthless and wide davelas with ménsula in the key, like the strippers and the aldero piled, show Renaissance prints, which contrasts with the gothic cornice from the outside of the header. The current roofing, the three altarpieces of the header, the size of the Virgin of the Rosary and the square-floor tower, date from the reconstruction of 1960.

• Hermitage of Our Lady of Remedies. It is a temple of small dimensions and harmonious architecture, plant in the form of a Latin cross and camerín for the patron, was built in 1910.

• Castle. Su tower of tribute, the only thing preserved in its integrity, recalls the medieval importance of this castle to strengthen with that of Bedmar, the border line. It appears with the shields that evoke the power of the Marquis de Camarasa, successors of the family of the Cobos, to whom Charles I gave the castle expropriating it to the Order of Calatrava. It has been declared Good of Cultural Interest in 1985.

• Cave of the Graja. It's a shallow coat with rock paintings in which up to seven groups of figures belonging to the schematic style have been located, with red tones. It is attributed to Neolithic period, III millennium BC

The beautiful urban town of Huelma, made up of a set of white streets and houses, located under the remains of its castle, make up a harmonious and attractive set that has valued their cataloguing as Historical-Artistic Set in 1971.

From its rich heritage we highlight:

• Huelma or Alburquerque Castle. It is located on the outskirts of the city centre of Huelma, on a hill that dominates the entire population. The strength we contemplate today was probably built by the Lord of the villa, the Duke of Albuquerque, in the first half of the 16th century. On that same place there was a Muslim castle from which only some of the canvases of the wall and the Great peel inside the castle. A quadrangular plant with 4 cylindrical towers, one in each corner, united with each other by a wall cloth and an open door in a half-point arch at ground level. On the west side it stands directly on a large peñasco, cut to peak, which is already a great fortress.

• Church of the Immaculate Conception. It is considered as a jewel of Renaissance architecture in the province of Jaén. The most great artists of the time: Diego de Siloé, Francisco del Castillo el Viejo, Andrés de Vandelvira and Francisco del Castillo el Joven. The building presents basic plant divided into 3 ships. The header of the flat tester church is covered with canyon vault with cassettes. The southern façade is of great elegance and balance, based on Italian models. He's got the body of peeled bells.

• Ibero Sanctuary of Pajarillo. It's a oppidum ibero found in the pastry of Cabritas de Huelma, dates from 4th century BC, and the sculptures found are found in the Provincial Museum of Jaén. The figures found are: a wolf, a warrior, two taps, a young boy and a carnivore. This sanctuary is located in the Jandulilla River Valley, the commercial pass between Murcia and the Guadalquivir Valley.

• Castle of Solera. Here, on a hill, are the remains of a Nazari castle built in the 13th century. From it you can see splendid views of the Vega in which the Jandulilla and Garganton rivers converge.

• Hermitage of Our Lady of the Fuensana. Located about 7 km. of the population, in the heart of Sierra Magina, the sanctuary of Fuensanta is the epicenter of the devotion of the strikers to be the house of their excellent patron.