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Plaza de la Constitución o de las Palmeras 
Old Market Square, it sits at the crossroads between the old and the new cities. The traditional commercial streets of the city surround the square. Developed as a marketplace and a place to organize festivities for El Arrabal district in the 15th century, it became the main square during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Casa del Mirador house stood here, and to the left, the coach houses of the town council, used as bull pens for the bullfights. A theatre house and the barracks of San Rafael were built next to the coach houses. At the far right end, the Palacio de los Vilches was built, still standing, and next to this, the house of Mendoza. Throughout the 19th century, it was the most popular spot in the city, becoming home to the very first cafés. The mayor Prado y Palacio reformed the gardens, making a circular garden surrounded by palm trees, and it came to be known as the Plaza de las Paleras. After the declaration of the 2nd Republic, the building of a tax office began, which divided the square. The square was reformed in 1960 in order to accommodate the circulation of traffic.
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Bernabé Soriano o de la Carrera
This is one of the most important roads of the capital. It joins the Plaza de la Constitución with the old square of San Francisco, nexus of the union between the old and new cities. It came into existence in 1463, when the constable Miguel Lucas de Iranzo ordered the “flattening and freeing of stones” and the creation of a straight stretch of road. It was known as the “Carrera” (Racetrack), due to the horse races held there during festivals in the 15th century. It was not until the 19th century that it was urbanized in any dignified manner, and it was then that rented houses and the Royal Economical Society appeared. The street was rapidly transformed into a commercial zone and the first banks, cafés and guest houses appeared. At the start of the 20th century, it is already a first class high street and, for the visit of Alfonso XIII, it was paved and given its first street lighting. Early in the same century, it was home to the best historicist, regionalist, modernist, eclectic and avant-garde architecture of Jaén. These buildings suffered greatly in the 1960s and 70s.
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Roldan y Marin
In 1881, at the arrival of the railway to Jaén, a straight wide road was built to connect to the avenue leading to the station. So came about the Calle del Progreso, officially opened in 1891. In 1898, the name was changed to Roldan y Marín(1855-1933), a chemist and professor who was councillor, mayor and president of the local council and civil governor of Jaén. During the Republic, the name was changed to García Hernández. nowadays, it is one of the busiest streets of the city.
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Plaza de San Ildefonso
This square came about with the building of the church of San Ildefonso, in the centre of a poor area containing pottery workshops and cattle pens. The growth of this area in the 13th century led to it becoming a densely populated neighbourhood, protected by a weak wall joined to that of the city. The basic shape of the square remains unaltered since the 16th century, when a monumental fountain by Francisco de Castillo was raised. The south side of the square is occupied by the façade of San Ildefonso, of mannerist style and the work of Francisco de Castillo. The narrowest and most irregular part of the square is presided over by the main façade, designed by Ventura Rodriguez and carried out by Francisco Calvo. It is a well frequented commercial square, due to its central location, and many festivities take place here, the festival of San Bernabé being but one of these. It was reformed in 1912 and renamed as Plaza de las Canalejas, but this did not stick. In 1957, it was again remodelled, adding garden areas and a monument to the Blessed Virgin by the Cordovan Amadeo Ruiz Olmos. Slight later reforms and the raising of new buildings have robbed it of its peculiar charm.
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Plaza de San Francisco or Old Square
The location of the palace of Fernando III of Castile (El Santo), this square was created in the 14th century. The palace was given to the Franciscans in 1354 by Pedro I, who then raised the monastery of San Francisco de Asís. It was bordered by new buildings in 1549, amongst which the cathedral and las Carnicerías stand out. The square used to fill up on market day and during festivities, becoming the main market square of the city by the 18th century. The building of the local government palace led to an attempt to dignify the square, and the market, now vanished, was moved behind the palace. This led to the square being popularly called La Plaza Vieja or “old square”, a name that persists to this day.
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Ramon y Cajal
Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934). Spanish histologist and winner of the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1906 for the discovery of the mechanisms that govern the morphology and connective processes of the nerves, a new and revolutionary theory called the “neuron doctrine”.
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Campanas
Originally known as the Calle del Cristo, because of the niche with a crucified Christ in the walls of the Puerta de Santa María, and also as the Calle de la Feria. By the end of the 16th century it was known as the Calle de las Campanas de la Catedral (Bells of the Cathedral) and Calle del Reloj (Clock). It is flanked by the wall of the cathedral on the right hand side and so was used as a market place, this use being promoted by Enrique IV when he gave permission for a weekly market to be held there, a market being constructed in 1701. The fortifications of Puerta de Santa María were demolished in 1757 to allow for the construction of a side chapel, bringing about the definitive urbanization of the street. The left-hand side of the street was occupied by chapter buildings, the early Episcopal Palace being one of these. The street was widened in modern times and the right-hand side was remodeled to recover the historic charm of the ancient porches upon which the new buildings were raised. This street is an essential part of any processional itinerary.
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Plaza de Santa María
This square is the heart of the Santa Maria neighborhood and nerve centre of the old Jaén; the name is taken after the consecration of the old mosque to Santa María de la Concepcion in 1246. It has always been the official square of the city, used as a market, playground and a equestrian fair.
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Teodoro Calvache
The former calle Arroyo, Mimbres, or Pérez Galdós. It was a natural watercourse for wastewater and rainwater looking for a way out of the city walls. It was a working class street of modest residences. Its current name comes from Teodoro Calvache Martínez (1841-1921), born in this street to a humble family, emigrated to the royal court and made a fortune. He made significant donations to the people of this area. This street was the obligatory route of funeral processions on their way to San Eufrasio cemetery and also of the band on its way to the bullring.
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Virgen de la Capilla
The wall of the neighbourhood of San Ildefonso ran along from the Avenida de Granada and, upon reaching this street, it was pierced by the Puerta de Barrera. This gate was rebuilt in 1809 and demolished in 1859. Its last vestiges disappeared between 1957 and 1972. This road starts at the Plaza de la Constitución and is one of the busiest commercial streets of the city. It is here that the big name shops and the oldest traditional establishments can be found.
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Correa Weglinson
This street passes alongside the poor neighbourhood of San Ildefonso. Previously known as the street of the Matadero (Abattoir), later as Calle del Rastro (Flea Market), and today as Correa Weglison.
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Paseo de la Estación
The opening of a street to connect the Plaza del Mercado and the station, crossing the numerous market gardens, was proposed in 1881, designed by the engineer Ricardo Herrera. It consisted of a road about 12 metres wide and two lateral walkways. It is an important axis of urban expansion. It was completed with transverse streets, transforming the preexisting agricultural features and becoming a well-to-do neighbourhood. In 1883, the architect Juan de Dios Carrillo built a house here for Mercedes Viedma, which would later become the shelter of the Hermanitas de los Pobres. The pedestrian street was still in existence in 1940, borded by a double row of trees and a lateral roadway for traffic, from the Plaza de las Palmeras to the Plaza de las Batallas. The rest of the avenue, up to the railway station, had a central roadway for traffic. The most representative buildings of contemporary architecture were installed here in the 1940s: Parque de la Victoria, connecting the two axes; the council houses of F. López Ribera; the parish church of R. Pajares Pardo; etc. This sequence was ended with the construction, in the central square of the park, of the civil government building. The road was also called the avenue Marqués de la Casa Loring, Paseo de Alfonso XIII, Avenida de la Libertad and Avenida del Generalísimo.
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Capitan Aranda Baja
This street joins the two axes of the neighbourhood of San Ildefonso. It is named after the illustrious infantry captain Bartolomé de Aranda (1523-1596), who lived here after his retirement. He enjoyed the confidence of Felipe II and the Duke of Alba. he distinguished himself in several battles and his fame was such that, from that time, the street carries his name.
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Reja de la Capilla (Bars of the Chapel)
According to tradition, the site is on a hillock that was used for matins presided over by Saint Mary in 1430. The street starts alongside the church of San Ildefonso, where a Gothic-Elizabethan gate sits below a niche dedicated to the Virgin Mary. 14th century Gothic façade. In June 1930, it was placed at the side of the church of San Ildefonso in remembrance of the 5th centenary of the Descent of the Virgin Mary to the chapel of San Ildefonso on the night of the 10th and 11th of June, 1430. It is here that the wall has barred openings for the worship of Nuestra Señora de la Capilla, patron of the city, hence the name of the street. These openings were blocked in the 18th century for motives of security and reopened in 1986.
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Alamos
Along this street, the walls of the city wandered up to the gate Puerta de Santa Maria. The Fresh Fruit Market, built in 1875, was located there and still has the original gate Puerta de Santa Ana. Today a modern fresh fruit market stands on its place. Between this street and the square Plaza Cervantes, the ice and beer factory El Lagarto was settled in by the family Puga in 1921. Years later, in 1928, it was renamed 'El Alcazar', but the factory continued its activity until 1962 when they moved out.
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Almenas
An evocative cobbled street alongside one corner of the cathedral.
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Dr. Eduardo Arroyo
The opening of this street came about between 1972 and 1974, the idea being to connect the old quarter with new areas of expansion. It is named after the Spanish painter Eduardo Arroyo (Madrid, 1937), winner of the National Prize for Plastic Arts of the Ministry of Culture (1982) and appointed Knight of the Arts by the French government.
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Maestra
Previously known as Maestra Baja, linking the squares of Santa María and La Audiencia. It is a pedestrian street and one of the oldest in the city. It used to join the mosque of the Moorish quarter with the Andalusí medina, crossing the street now called Martínez Molina. Between this street and the street of Calle Cerón is the Arco del Consuelo, where the oldest bars in the city can be found. Privileged since the 15th century by the presence of the house of Constable Miguel Lucas de Iranzo. It was paved for the first time in 1511 and widened in 1581. It was made a pedestrian street in 1853 and, between 1850 and 1950, it was filled with cloth shops and tailor's shops. Printing presses and silversmith's, barber's, optician's, perfume shops and banks. Also of great importance were the societies and casinos. There were also certain bars that were to become legendary , such as the café-restaurant Lion D'Ors (nowadays the headquarters of the flamenco association). During the 19th century and the first few years of the 20th, handsome bourgeois buildings were added. Some of these houses have commemorative plaques marking the birthplaces of famous locals. Its status as a main street meant that it was a must for religious ceremonies and pious traditions, such as the Señor de la Tarima or Santo Cristo de las Injurias. A niche housing the Santo Cristo del Amparo can still be seen at the entrance to this street today.
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Muñoz Garnica
Better known as Calle Ancha, but also as calle Maestra del Arrabal, since the street is the main axis of the area and since 1876, in tribute to the canon and writer Manuel Muñoz Garnica (1821-1876). It connects the Cathedral with its chapel of San Ildefonso, kept until 1965. Along the street, some noble families built their house-palaces, among them, the house of Marquesses of Navasequilla. The house stood at the beginning of the left sidewalk until 1965 when The Convent of la Concepción from M.M. Dominicas, founded in 1562, was demolished. It had a church with a Baroque facade with an image of an Immaculate virgin and a chapel, reproduction of the grotto of Lourdes. In this street, several public offices and organizations had their head quarters. For example, the Official Association of Pharmacists, the newspaper El Pueblo Católico (1892-1935), later Casa de Socorro (1958-1961). In one of the palace buildings was the Consejo Provincial de Agricultura y Ganaderia and, later on , during many years, the Military Government. In house nr. 13 was the Post Office, then later on, The School Cristo Rey. A wide and light street, a must for processions and solemn parades. The different attempts to change the street name hasn't had any luck; from General Riego (1869), then Doctor Federico del Castillo (1936), to the current name Muñoz Garnica (1976). The street is still today called Ancha.
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Plaza de los Jardincillos
Called the square of San Antonio, it was a space left by the joining of the city walls and the poor quarter. The convent of San Antonio de Padua presided over the square, giving it its name. At the end near to the walls, the convent of San Agustín was built in 1558. the convent was converted into a fort during the Napoleonic invasion and later to be used as a barracks until it was demolished in 1923. The municipal swimming pool was built on the site, demolished in 1970. The present building is the post office, built in 1975. Beautified with gardens in the 1920s, the square was extended in 1939 and renamed Plaza General Queipo de Llano. However, the locals preferred to call it “the violin” because of the shape, a name that it shares with that of Los Jardincillos (little gardens).
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