Its origins go back to Celts who called this spot
Arunda; some historians situate the city in Acinipo,
and both populations were passed to the Romans; later
on it was Muslim and in the XV century, conquered
by the Catholic Kings. It was occupied by Napoleanic
troops and defend themselves from them, they organised
centers of banditry. The hitoric city is divided into
3 zones: the neighbourhood of San Francisco (XV century),
Puerta de Almocábar (XIII century) and Puerta
de Carlos I (XVI century). There're a lot of monumental
spaces in this city; among the main ones are the Mondragón
Palace, the headquarters of the kings from Muslims
to the Christians, with Mudejar, Gothic, and Baroque
elements; La Casa del Gigante, of Arab origin (XV
century); the Palaca of Salvatierra (XVII-XVIII centuries)
with a Renaissance facade and the very interesting
House of the Moorish King, poorly named, given that
it´s already the XVIII century; through its
gardens you can access the descent to the Mine that
goes down to the bottom of Tagus. The Arab baths're
interesting from the XIII or XIV century, and the
famous Puente Nuevo of the XVIII century, work of
Martín de Aldehuela, with superimposed arches.
The bull ring is the oldest in Spain from XVIII, and
Martín de Aldehuela also intervened in this
work. The Collegiate Chuch Santa María la Mayor
(Century XV to XVIII) is the primitive mosque. The
fountain of the Ocho Caños, from the period
of Carlos III, is close to the old Arabic bridge over
the Tagus. The minaret of San Sebastian is a Nazarí
construction of the XVI century, not far from the
Convento del Espíritu Santo, of Gothic-Renaissance
transition. El Templete (Small temple) de los Dolores
is a votive chapel in the street from the XVIII century.
The chuch of father Jesus, of Gothic-Renaissance style,
is from the XVI century. Santo Domingo and the Convent
of San Francisco were founded by the Catholic kings
in 1485. El Santuario Nuestra Señora de la
Paz is from the XVI and XVIII centuries. The popular
grove of San Carlos or of Tagus is beautiful garden
from the XVIII century with a large row of balconies
with views of the Guadalevin valley. In the Roman
ruins of Acinipo, about 20 Km in the direction of
Setenil, the Roman theatre is preserved (stage, wall,
orchestra, and tiers). Benaoján is 15 Km away,
with the Knows caves of Gato and La Pileta. In the
direction towards the coast, the access to Natural
park of Sierra de las Nieves is located, and the connection
to the incomparable Valle del Genal, whose town and
chestnut groves, both of which are wondeful, are essential
to see.
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