Each centre has a different theme on various aspects related to oleticulture, such as oil production systems and evolution throughout history, olive oil qualities and uses, olive oil cultivation systems, olive oil analysis and marketing system, olive biology, olive varieties, olive by-products, olive and its uses, olive heritage, olive oil traditions, types and qualities and olive oil history. The Los Villares is dedicated to olive heritage, traditions and tourism in the Sierra Sur de Jaén.

Each centre has a different theme on various aspects related to oleticulture, such as oil production systems and evolution throughout history, olive oil qualities and uses, olive oil cultivation systems, olive oil analysis and marketing system, olive biology, olive varieties, olive by-products, olive and its uses, olive heritage, olive oil traditions, types and qualities and olive oil history. The de Castillo de Locubín is dedicated to the olive growing systems.

Each centre has a different theme on various aspects related to oleticulture, such as oil production systems and evolution throughout history, olive oil qualities and uses, olive oil cultivation systems, olive oil analysis and marketing system, olive biology, olive varieties, olive by-products, olive and its uses, olive heritage, olive oil traditions, types and qualities and olive oil history. The Alcaudete is dedicated to olive oil and health.

It aims to illustrate the visitor during his tour of the Roman cultural heritage and to value the archaeological site of the Roman villa of Los Baños, located in the vicinity of this town. In the outer space, which serves as a stage for representations, you can see a reproduction of an archaeological excavation, a sun watch with Roman numbering, a bajorrelief, a fountain, etc. In the interior there are reproductions of archeology pieces, panels with texts allusive to the Roman era, period costumes and a video summarizing the theme. There is also an area that imitates the asueto rooms, which could very well serve as a dining room, decorated with divans, mosaics, ropajes, vases, etc.

You can now visit the Interpretation Centre in Vilches and learn about the historical evolution of this important site.

In the archaeological enclave you can visit, previously by telephone, a prehistoric sanctuary, an Iberian village, a cenobium or eemite paleocristian or visigode and a Almohad castle, all surrounded by beautiful landscapes between olive and saw. Landscape, culture, heritage, history, nature, hiking... are intermingled in Giribola, where it is possible to appreciate the footprint left by different peoples and cultures over the centuries.

Thus, along with the vestiges of the castle, the traveller will also be able to see the remains that are still preserved from the great wall surrounding the Iberian oppidum, an important city that occupied a strategic place on the road of connection between Catulo and the Levant and that was abandoned after being swept away by the Romans. Similarly, the numerous caves that are distributed on the slopes of the hill, the so-called Cuevas de Espeluca, are also interesting.

It has several rooms in which we can see the history of the town of Martos from its origins to the present, making special interest in the Calatrava era, as Martos was the capital of the commission.

On the terrace of the tower we will enjoy a view full of living history, where the peculiarity of its consolidated home with its medieval plot, its rock with the remains of the Alta Fortress and the oil culture with a consolidated landscape of centenary olive groves prevails.

Also close to the Iberian Sanctuary "Cueva de los Muñecos" to where you can access through a signposted path that begins at the doors of the Interpretation Center.
The Interpretation Centre has an exhibition area divided into 6 interpretative sets:

1. Elements of the landscape
2. Prehistory and Old Age
3. The Middle Ages. The Battle of the Navas de Tolosa
4. The Modern Age. New populations
5. The Contemporary Age
6. Audiovisual room. Dog-biting in time.

All these interpretative sets are made up of models, backlit information media, exhibition of real elements and replica in vitrines, ambiances and documentary projections.

Spaces and equipment

The design and forecasting of the space of the observatory is based on the different services it offers to the visitor, based on a modest and functional conception. It has three different spaces:

Multi-use room. Exhibition of audiovisual of own production with the aim of introducing visitors to the topics of most interest and scientific news. It offers us a space in which to conduct courses, congresses, talks and conferences, development of workshops, exhibitions, introduction to the use of planispheres, of web tools in the world of astronomy and astrophysics.

Main Observatory. It is the heart of the center, under a dome of 5 m, is the most pointed equipment in the field of astronomical observation, including the main telescope of 460 mm of fully computerized aperture and a 300 mm Dark-Kirkham of excellent optical quality dedicated exclusively to astronomical photography. The equipment is completed with high-sensitivity CCD cameras for capture of deep and planetary sky images, filters and wheel with computerized filters, self-guidance systems and an automated weather station that controls all systems autonomously...

This complete equipment allows us to introduce the visitor into the magic of observation under dome by doing live observations or through monitor by receiving on closed circuit the images of both the telescope and the video or the computer. In turn your remote control program will soon allow us to make use of the On-line installation. Its advanced equipment allows its use by research and teaching teams.

Solarium. Located in the open air on the terrace, it allows natural planetarium sessions with green laser pointer, observations with prismatic different calibre and telescopes of different design and function (some of them self-making).

The aim is to introduce the visitor to the various techniques and means of observation according to the object to be studied. For this we will use plateaus and stellar cards. We also have five secondary teams with instruments for initiation, advanced and assisted navigation.

Activities

The Fresnedilla Observatory offers the user high quality experiences, exclusive and programmed and supervised by professionals with extensive experience in teaching and dissemination.

Our entity has been planning a series of activities that have been consolidated over the years, in our annual plan of activities: annual outreach days, open-door days, training monitors and initiation courses, astrophotography courses, observation sessions, workshops, guided tours, lectures in educational centres and participation in cultural weeks in them, support for congresses, visits of professionals to our centres, exhibitions, training courses for dynamic and scientific dissemination...

The methodology that guides the staging of each proposal allows the manipulation, observation and research by the participants, making use of various teaching instruments and the latest technologies, both audiovisual and instrumentation. At the same time, classic channels are used, close to the visitor, from murals, work guides to Tales and theatrical. In short, we are committed to an active, varied, original and quality methodology.

The complete equipment, the natural environment in which it is located and the quality of the sky, makes this area a reference in our community, offering the visitor the opportunity to make observations and activities in an observatory with professional benefits, providing a new alternative offer of leisure and cultural to the visitor of the Natural Park and affecting the tourist development of the area with an attractive, quality and respectful activity.