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Castle Bujalance

Located in the town of Bujalance, Cordoba Province, was built in the tenth century (during the Caliphate of Abd al-Rahman III ), is a clear example of Muslim military architecture in al-Andalus. Subsequently underwent several remoderaciones, most recently in 1512 for which Queen Joanna I of Castile ordered the expenses were paid. It is rectangular with 59 m from north to south and 51 m from east to west. Its original name, Bury al-Hans (Tower of the Serpent) and the fact that seven towers have resulted in the City's current place name and his coat of arms.

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

The parish church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Bujalance , has its origin in the church of Santa Maria, get up on the old mosque next to the Citadel after the Christian conquest of the city by Ferdinand III. Style Gothic - Renaissance, vaults, pillars and arches are styled arched and are attributed to Hernan Ruiz the Elder, to Hernan Ruiz the Younger (1556) and Hernan Ruiz III. It consists of three cruise ships without separated by pointed arches and has very broad dimensions: 53 meters long and 22 wide. The headwaters of the ships are the oldest Gothic. Are square and vaults. On the sides of ships extending rows of chapels paths that could be two more ships, hence the saying which has dimensions of Cathedral.

Church of San Francisco

The parish church of San Francisco in Bujalance was considered a jewel of art Baroque Andalusian. The church dates from 1530, linked to the ancient convent of Franciscan monks Annex. It was burned down in 1936, missing the retable Andalusian baroque style and original church plant of two ships. The temple reconstruction ended in 1952. It is the second most important temple in the city, behind the Cathedral of the countryside. The most important of all is the entry courtyard surrounded by chains, the Neo-Baroque side chapel of the Immaculate Conception of the Vote (patron saint), a Christ of the Good Death of Seville Lastrucci Antonio Castillo, a copy of the Good Death Seville of Juan de Mesa, the two covers of rock and the great tower Baroque brick (33 m) built in the eighteenth century, five bodies

Town Hall, Bow and Plaza Mayor

Recently renovated, the hall was built in 1680 during the reign of Charles II. Highlights include the balcony of 18 m, which links with the Parish of the Assumption, coats of stone from the facade (the center of Spain and the sides of the City), the alley vaulted (Arc), which opens in one end and giving access to the street from the municipal granary and several of the objects that decorate its interior, a XVII century silver maces carried by mace-bearers of the city at official functions, as well as works by the painter Francisco Benitez Mellado. The Town Hall chairs the architectural ensemble of the Plaza Mayor (popularly known as Plaza de los Naranjos), which after its last restoration in 2006 has recovered the way it looked in the 20's.

Local Historical Museum "The man and his environment"

It is situated in the old Granary Hall, a tertiary of the eighteenth century City Hall Annex. It presents archaeological and fossil reconstructions, models, photographs, drawings and stuffed animals placed in an educational way for visitors to get an idea of the cultures that have passed through this land and their way of living and relating to the natural environment.

Monument to Antonio Palomino

It was built in the mid-twentieth century in the square that is at one end of the eighteenth century Broad Street (Broad since Palomino). This is a bust of the painter Bujalance that crowns one of the Bujalance baroque streets full of houses with coats of stone on the facade. Today, this square is one of the busiest places bujalancena night, around pubs and bars abound.

Monastery of San Jose and Santa Teresa
    
Founded in 1708, the church consists of a single ship. Special mention should be the main altar Baroque polychrome carved wood, considered a beautiful example of Rococo Cordoba, as well as several paintings and jewelry samples from Cordoba seventeenth century. The monastic community belongs to the Order of Discalced Carmelites.

Monument to Juan Diaz del Moral

Built in the early 80's in honor of the historian bujalanceno in the square that bears his name. It is the work of sculptor Japan Hisae Yanase.

St. Bartholomew Cemetery

Built in the mid nineteenth century, highlights the cover and the main courtyard of romantic, where the poet lies bujalanceno Mario Lopez.

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