Baeza
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Baeza (anc. Beatia), is a town of approximately 15,000 in Andalusia, Spain, in the province of Jaén; nestled in the Loma de Ubeda, a mountain range between the river Guadalquivir on the south and its tributary the Guadalimar on the north. Baeza has a station 3 miles south west on the Linares-Almeria railway and bus transportation from Granada or Málaga. Its chief buildings are those of the university (established in 1533, which is now a summer school for the University of Granada), the Catedral de Santa María, and the Palacio de Jabalquinto. The Cordova and Ubeda gates, and the arch of Baeza, are among the remains of its old fortifications, which were of great strength. In the middle ages Baeza was a flourishing Moorish city, said to contain 50,000 inhabitants; but it was sacked in 1239 by Ferdinand III of Castile, who in 1248 transferred its bishopric to Jaén. In 2003, UNESCO added Baeza and nearby Ubeda to its list of World Heritage Sites.
It was the birthplace of the sculptor and painter Gaspar Becarra.
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