Home Granada Baza
Home  Granada  Baza   

Andalucía
Málaga
Granada
 Granada (c)
 Baza
 Monumental route through Baza
  
 Píñar
 Loja
  
Jaén
Córdoba
Cádiz
Huelva
Sevilla
Almería
Sierra Morena
 
     
Extremadura
Cáceres
Badajoz
 
     
C.Valenciana
Valencia
Alicante
Castellón
 
     
R. de Murcia
Murcia
 
     
Castilla-León
Valladolid
Burgos
Soria
Salamanca
Ávila
Palencia
León
Zamora
Segovia
 
     
Baleares
Islas Baleares
 
     
Aragón
Huesca
Zaragoza
Teruel
 
     
Cantabria
Cantabria
 
     
P. Asturias
Principado de Asturias
 
     
Galicia
La Coruña
Orense
Lugo
Pontevedra
 
     
La Rioja
Logroño
 
     
País Vasco / Euskadi
Vizcaya
Guipúzcoa
Álava
 
     
Navarra
Navarra
 
     
Cataluña
Gerona
Barcelona
Tarragona
Lérida
 
     
La Mancha
Cuenca
Ciudad Real
Albacete
Guadalajara
Toledo
 
     
C.A. Ceuta
Ceuta
 
     
C.A. Melilla
Melilla
 
     
Canarias
Tenerife
Gran Canaria
Fuerteventura
La Palma
 
     
C. de Madrid
Madrid
 
     
Andorra
Andorra
 
     
 

Monumental route through Baza

 
Medieval mark.

Baza preserves an Arab and Medieval mark in its picturesque alleys.

Enchantment in its crossroad streets and caliph art in the Baths of the Jewish quarter, considered the oldest that are preserved since the Muslim period.

During the Muslim occupation and as an important meeting point of Eastern Andalusia, Baza took a relevant border role with the Kingdom of Murcia.
From the XIII century we must highlight the Citadel, whose privileged situation in the upper zone offers and splendid panoramic view of the city.

Already in the Modern Age, the Collegiate Church Concatedral de la Encarnación (Church of the Mayor), declared National monument, combines a construction of basically Gothic style with a beautiful plateresque main door. In relation to the civil architecture, the Palace of the Enríquez constitutes a clear example of the beginnings of the XVI century, together with the Town Hall, a building of Renaissance style that prevails the Major Square. From this same period are the Monastery of San Jerónimo and the Churches of Santiago, San Juan Bautista and of the Presentación.

Landmark of the map

1. Church of the Mayor (Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Encarnación)
Built over the rests of the Mosque of the Muslim Quarter.

2. Municipal Museum (Old Town Hall)
Unique example that longs in the province of Granada of a Renaissance Town Hall.

3. The Citadel
There are only some stretches of wall and the rests of various towers.

4. Palace of the Enríquez
Renaissance palace built as countryside villa in Italian style.

5. Monastery of San Jerónimo
Built at the request and under the sponsorship of the family Enríquez-Luna next to its palace.

6. Fountain of the Golden Spout
Built in 1607, was used as a trough for travelers that approached to Baza.

7. House with stick balconies
Two Mudejar houses, built in the XVI century.

8. Church of San Juan
Built over a mosque, belongs to the Mudejar model, common in the region.

9. Convent of Santo Domingo
It still conserves important elements of this convent complex raised in the beginnings of the XVII century.

10. Palace of the Duke of the Infantado
Stands out by its plateresque and heraldic decoration.

11. Church of Santiago
The best example of Mudejar Church in Baza.

12. Arab Baths
Of the XIII century, in Almohade period, the most complete Arab Bath of the whole country.


Information

Website
Sierra de Baza

Digital Magazine about the Sierra de Baza

 

 Ayuntamiento de Baza
Milestone
1: Iglesia de la Mayor.
2: Museo Municipal.
3: Fuente de los Caños Dorados.
4: Palacio de los Enríquez.
5: Monasterio de San Jerónimo.
6: La Alcazaba.
7: Balcones de palo.
8: Iglesia de San Juan.
9: Convento de Santo Domingo.
10: Palacio del Duque del Infantado.
11: Iglesia de Santiago.
12: Baños árabes.

Festivity
Cascamorras

A perfect moment to visit Baza is from the 6th of September, when the festival of the “Cascamoras” takes place, which is a prelude to the Big Festival of Baza (from the 6th to the 15th of September). During this festival, the participants get in a battle with colored water.


 
Gastronomy
Gastronomía de Baza

Gastronomy

Any time in the year is perfect to check out personally the beauty of this Granada’s municipality. At lunch time, Baza offers to its visitors a delicious and traditional gastronomy: migas (breadcrumbs fried in garlic), “tajás”, “gurupina” or gachas (porridge pudding made with flour and milk).


 
History
La Dama de Baza

The Lady of Baza

This sculpture comes from the Iberian necropolis of the hill of the Sanctuary next to the present Baza. It was found in the bottom of a grave of which it was its funerary urn. It probably symbolizes a goddess.


 


Baza

Baños Árabes

Iglesia de la Mayor
 
 
 
 

Copyright © 2006 Entropía Ediciones. All rights reserved. Aviso Legal