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Úbeda is located in the geographic
center of the province of Jaén, between the Valley of the
Guadalquivir and the one of the Guadalimar, to only 56 km of the
capital of the province. By its situation, this beautiful city
occupies a fundamental point of the road network of the East
Andalusian, and is head of region of a rich olivarera zone.
Their origins are very remote and seems that they go back
to the appearance of forms of the culture of the
Argar, and possibly, the first groups of population
arrived at the zone attracted by their great mining wealth.
During the time of the Roman Empire she is well-known like "Betula", by his situation next to
the Guadalquivir. But it is with the arrival of the Muslims when
Úbeda enters history totally. On the old Roman establishment
the city of Ubbadat was based al-Arab, and it becomes important
commercial and political center of Al-Andalus.
In 1234 it was conquered definitively by Fernando III, participating since then in
Reconquista. By his character of border zone, they begin to
arrive great number of hidalgos, being based in the zone important
families who are controlling the señoríos of the province. But
this gives rise to a fight between these families, by the control of
the city, like in Baeza, causing the demolition of the walls and
towers of the Palace in 1506 by order of Catholic Kings.
Century XVI, during the reigns of Carlos I and Felipe II,
is the time of maximum explendor of Úbeda. Members of the
important families of the city, occupy excellent positions in the
government of the Empire, appear again the economy of the zone and
bloom the culture with the foundation of the University in the
neighboring city of Baeza.
It is in this period when the Renaissance Úbeda arises, with
his palaces and towers, constituting one of the best monumental sets
of the Spanish Renaissance.
Festivals and traditions
From the 28 of September to the 4 of October the
festejos in honor of San Miguel are celebrated.
This celebration commemorates the
conquest of the city by Fernando III in 1234. King Felipe II
accedes in 1565 to the celebration of run of bulls, that were
celebrated in the Seat of the Market
until in 1847 the bullring was inaugurated.
The Easter is of a great beauty, mainly
by the matchless frame that offers the city, giving great splendor to
the procesionales parades.
Also of great tradition and beauty it is the celebration
of the Corpus in Úbeda.
Gastronomy
The gastronomy of Úbeda has like main
protagonists to products of the orchard, watered with the oil of the
zone, of great quality. Some of plates more typical than can be
tasted are the pipirrana, a very
fine species of picadillo, or the back of pig in I
marinate.
Within repostería the Ochíos, an oil cake
species , and papajotes are
very typical in the zone , that is
pestiños facts with flour of wheat, milk, oil and sugar.
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