Nazarite Route
Historical, monumental and landscape heritage are united in this path, marked by the endless succession of castles and watchtowers that constituted the impressive defensive system built by both Muslims and Christians, as these lands did not cease to pass from one hand to the other during the 13th and 15th centuries. It starts in Las Navas de Tolosa and runs through the lands where the Nasar House, the founders of the Nasrid dynasty, originated.
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La Carolina Baños de la Encina Bailén Mengíbar Andújar Arjona Porcuna Martos Torredonjimeno Torredelcampo Linares Baeza Úbeda Jódar Jimena Mancha Real Jaén La Guardia de Jaén Cambil Huelma Sierra SurDESCRIPTION
The starting point of this route is located in Navas de Tolosa, where the decisive departure that made possible the opening of Andalusia to Christianity was made. The route enters through vigorous landscapes in the town of La Carolina and in old fortified towns such as Baños de la Encina, with its castle from the Caliphate period, in historical crossroads such as Bailén or Mengíbar and in large cities such as Andújar, surrounded by the nature of its natural park.
The itinerary takes in the municipalities of the western countryside of Jaén: Arjona, Porcuna, Torredonjimeno, Martos, Torredelcampo, synonymous with border squares, monumental enclosures and industrial villages with oil as their main feature. The route then goes up the course of the upper Guadalquivir, approaching Linares, to continue through the region of La Loma. Two unique jewels stand out here: Baeza and Úbeda. Two Renaissance sites, unrivalled peaks of the history and art of Andalusia.
From here, the route goes around the Sierra Mágina through Jódar and its fortress, Jimena and Mancha Real, until it enters Jaén, the capital of the Holy Kingdom, crowned by the castle of Santa Catalina and the cathedral. This route then runs through La Guardia de Jaén, crossing mountains and ports in the direction of Cambil and Huelma, before entering the province of Granada via Guadahortuna, Píñar and Iznalloz. Only the mountains of the Sierra Nevada separate us from the former court of the Nasrid sultans. Meanwhile, the hamlets of Deifontes, Albolote and Maracena stand out as the ancestors of the route's destination: Granada, full of living traditions which reflect the indelible heritage of Andalusian civilisation.
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