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The encounter with the landscape of Jaén and its people surprised the young Lorca, accustomed to the plain fertility of the orchard and the Granada plain.Without a doubt, this Giennese landscape clearly influenced him during his long peri-urban walks along the Alcázar hill, on the remains of the old wall. A place that Machado also frequented regularly. The spectacle offered by the horizon of “blue mountains, in which the towns show off their diamond whiteness of vanished light”, in clear reference to the Aznaitín and Mágina massifs, will leave its mark on his work, as explained below: LOST CITY (BAEZA) I Baeza (…) If you walk further, the weeds are so strong that they swallow up the stones on the ground, eagerly licking the walls…, and if you cross a few more streets, you can contemplate the majestic symphony of a splendid landscape. An immense hole surrounded by blue mountains, in which the towns show off their diamond whiteness of vanished light. Somber and brave chords of olive groves contrast with the mountains, which are deep violet along their slopes. (…)
