Jaén a city in southern Spain, (approx. 90 km from Cordoba and Granada), in the Andalusia region, the capital of the Jaén province. In 2022, the town had 111,669 inhabitants. The city is located in the foothills of the Baetic Mountains, in the area of the sources of the Guadalquivir River, near the largest national park in Spain: Sierra de Segura and Sierra de Cazorla.
- The castle, Castillo de Santa Catalina, after 1246, on the ruins of an Arab fortress, Christians built a new one.
- The cathedral was designed in the 16th century by Andrés de Vandelvira, one of the most beautiful Renaissance-Baroque churches in Andalusia. The façade of the cathedral is decorated with sculptures by Pedro Roldán depicting the Evangelists and the Fathers of the Church and the conqueror of Jaén Ferdinand III, whose gaze is directed towards the former Moorish fortress – Castillo de Santa Catalina. The presbytery contains beautifully carved stalls (ca. 1520). The most precious relic of the cathedral, the Veil of St. Veronica with the imprint of the face of Christ, is kept in the Capilla Mayor.
- The Capilla de San Andrés, built in the 16th century on behalf of Gutiérrez Gonzales, treasurer of Pope Leo X in the Mudejar style. Inside, a richly decorated gold iron grille made by Maestro Bartoloméo de Jaén.
- Gothic church of San Juan.
- 17th century town hall.
- Baños Arabes – remains of an 11th century Arab bath located under the 16th century Palacio de Villadompardo.
- Regional museum with finds showing the influence of Greek art on Iberian culture in the 5th century BC and stone sarcophagi from Roman times.
- The city is home to a football club, Real Jaén, which plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of football leagues in Spain.
