JAÉN

Visigoths came to the province in the earlies 6th century. In this period, Auringis passed through a decline and had a considerable reduction of archeology, in which we can highlight some old coins.

 

Muslims lived here for five centuries. Jaén was conquered in the 8th century. In the 10th century Jaén had its own muslim reign, Taifa’s kingdom of Jaén. Alomarvids conquered the province in 1091 and almohavids in 1148. The city fell in 1246, after the battle of Navas de Tolosa (1212), taking part of the Nazarí kingdom of Granada. It opened the Christian reconquest through the Guadalquivir Valley, especially the city of Baeza. The name of our city during this period of time was Yayyan.

 

On the other hand, the Christian reconquest was drowing on and Jaén was an important place because of its location, because Christians could access better to Muslim territory. Once Granada was conquered, Jaén underwent into a little decline, which overcame thanks to the rise of Jaén’s craftsmen. Jaén was very important in America due to the culture, society and military strategies. Jaén had its own Christian kingdom from 1246 to 1833, and was known as ‘Santo Rostro’ (Holy Face) because of the treasure we have in the cathedral.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jewish people had a very important influence in Jaén too, because they were who had the money, and had its own neighborhood. They came here in 612, and in the 10th century had their most important rise. They had plenty of synagogues; the most important one is the nowadays churh of San Andrés. In 1483, the Inquisition Tribunal was place in these neighborhoods. Nowadays, there are some remains of the old Jewish quarter.