Begíjar

Begíjar belongs to the region of La Loma and Las Villas that is located in the western slope of La Loma, reaching its municipal district to the River Guadalquivir. It is a farming village where we only can observe the presence of forest arboreal species in the bank of the river. The principal growing is the olive grove, complemented with the cultivated fields of the fertile lowland in the River Guadalquivir, where there is industrial irrigation growing. The oil mil industry and the slaughterhouse of the Estación de Begíjar are the most important industrial activities.

Begíjar was founded in 642, in a place called Piedrahincada.

During Al-Andalus Period, the population moved to the present location because of safety reasons, for this, it was used an old fortress from the Visigoth period that was tightened and extended.

The Christian Conquest was carried out by Fernando III in 1244 and ceded to the bishopric of Jaén. Its palace, built with the materials obtained from the demolition of two towers of the castle, has been for a long time the rest mansion to the bishop of the diocese.

Begíjar will get its Independence from Baeza in the last third of XVIII century.

Monuments

Parish Church of Santiago Apostol 
Tower of the Castle 
Episcopal Palace 
Town Hall 
Street of Pitos y Las Aguas

Gastronomy

Beans with mint, bread rolls of chickpeas.  
 
Rice with rabbit. Stew (pancake made with vegetables, pine-nuts and sesame). Meat pies Viernes. Artichokes with rolls. Pipirrana (a salad with onion, tomato and cucumber), fried breads, guiñapos, papajotes, albarronchos.

How to get there

You have to exit Jaén and continue by the road J-14 and then take the Motorway A-316 towards Mancha Real - Baeza - Úbeda. Alleyway Puente Nuevo and turn left JV-3043 then you get Begíjar.

Distances

To Jaén 49 km 
To Ibros 6 km  
To Lupión 2 km 
To Baeza 7,5 km 
To Linares 24 km 
To Mengíbar 39 km  
To Campillo del Río 19 km 
To Vados de Torralba 16 km  
To Torreblascopedro 12 km  
To Puente del Obispo 6 km