Aldeaquemada located in the North countryside of the province of Jaén, in the heart of Sierra Morena Oriental, is located on horseback between the Natural Park of Despeñacolos and the Natural Park Cascada La Cimbarra, limiting to the North with the province of Ciudad Real, with which they are linked close cultural ties.
In Aldeaquemada there are groups of rock paintings, ofschematic and eulogy style, distributed by flashlights and rocky coats of the municipal term. These deposits, calledRupestre Artunique for its theme, are the most important in Andalusia and can be considered as authentic outdoor museums of incalculable value.
These groups of rock paintings, located on most occasions on rock coats, were studied in the early 20th century by the Abate Brehuil and M. Cabré, which catalogued the vast majority of existing groups in the area.
The Rupestre Art is declared Good of Cultural Interest and, in 1998, the Unesco declared World Heritage the Rupestre Art of the Spanish Mediterranean Arc, including the 19 deposits of Aldeaquemada.
The most representative coats are:Table of Pochico, Poyos de la Cimbarra, Cimbarillo del Prado de Recheres, Cave de la Mina, Garganta de la Hoz, Prado del Azogue and Cave de los Arcos, among others.
The municipal term of Aldeaquemada is mountainous, and in it we can find numerous points of interest, highlighting the Cascade of the Cimbarra, declared Natural Park in 1989 by the Junta de Andalucía.It is a spectacular waterfall about 40 meters high, and is only a few kilometers from the village, with a road in good condition to be able to access it.
In addition to this main waterfall, there are others in the area, with signposted routes that lead to two of them: The Cimbarillo and the Negrillo.
On a walk in the area, we will find a lagoon, remains of an abandoned mill and Calderetas (water wells in the eroded rock).
The landscape is populated by mixed necketing of heterogeneous vegetation. They highlight alcornoques and encinars, also pinars of repopulation and riparian vegetation, and in it, they stand out the huge rock flashes that confer a truly majestic view.
The"Cuca."is the name that receives theParty of the Painted EggsAnd it is celebrated on the Sunday of Resurrection. The day before, the Sabbath of glory, the inhabitants paint the hard eggs that will then intersect with those of their neighbors, Easter Sunday. Win the game if you get your eggs to stay intact.
It could be a tradition brought by the first Alsatian settlers (Centroeuropa).
Aldeaquemada for its situation has a gastronomy produced from the isolation to which it is subjected, from the transit of pastors and hunters and also with influence of the nearby Mancha. The Gastronomical Days are well known and are held every year in May.
Among the typical dishes of this town are:
The sweets are not missing either:
In Aldeaquemada you can enjoy your unparalleled night sky, in the light of the stars, as this municipality joined in 2014 the Starlight Declaration on the Defense of the Night Sky and the Right to Light of the Stars, and in which it is registered in the geographical area certified as the Starlight Reserve and the largest tourist destination in the world in Sierra Morena, following the contents collected in defence of the quality of the night skies and the right to observe the stars.
La Casa Rural Navalacedra is certified as accommodation Starlight from year 2021 performing experiences of astrotourism for the general public, wild fauna observation and G- astronomical evenings.
In order to do so, it has Starlight monitors accredited by the Starlight Foundation.
The history of Aldeaquemada is linked to the New People of Sierra Morena undertaken by Charles III in the 18th century, through the illustrious figure of Paul de Olavide, Superintendent of the New Populations. A sample of his colonial past and the mix of cultures from which Aldeaquemada was born is reflected in the presence of surnames of Central European origin as Kraff, Risotto, Téllez, Wizner, Font, Masdemont, etc., and through their traditions and customs.
As an example of their notoriety, in Aldeaquemada they highlight a preeminent historical and monumental heritage, offering one of the best preserved historical helmets of the colonies which has been worth the name of "18th century urban and colonial jewel".
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