Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Jaén

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Head of the Kingdom of Jaén and provincial capital

Jaén, head of the Kingdom of Jaén within the Crown of Castile, hosted the court of the Catholic Monarchs several times. It then fell into a decline from which it tried to recover in the 17th century, but the crisis, worsened by the Habsburgs' policy, put the recovery off until the 20th. In the War of Independence the French took and sacked it, and in 1833 it was named a provincial capital.

What to see today

Santa Iglesia Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen (Catedral de Jaén): Cathedral, c. 1540 to 1801
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (antiguo convento de Santo Domingo) (Convento de Santo Domingo): Church, 1539 to 1577
Centro Cultural Palacio de Villardompardo (Palacio de los Condes de Villardompardo): Palace, 16th century

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