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Jaen Is a city in Andalucia and the capital of the province of the same name. It has a population of approximately 180,000 people and is becoming increasingly popular with tourists. Jaen is situated in the middle between Malaga on Costa del Sol and Madrid in the inland. It takes about 2 hours driving from Malaga International airport to Jean.
Jaen, Worlds capital of Olive Oil.
Jaen is also known as the Worlds capital of Olive Oil, because it’s the biggest producer of this liquid gold. It’s said that there are over 150 million olive trees in the province and the olive groves are a dominant feature of the land.and rows of olives trees populate the countryside as far the eye can see. The colour of the land between the lines of green olive groves is a deep red, and the rolling landscape sweeps away as far as the eye can see occasionally broken by the occasional stark white farm building.
Jaen old history.
Jaen history goes back to the Copper Age, and cave paintings and megalithic architecture prove there were inhabitants in the area earlier than the year 2.000BC. Remains of pottery also show there was Iberian presence in approximately 500BC. Jaen was an area of passage for many civilisations such as the Romans and Phoenicians, but the first large-scale conquest comes from the Carthaginians in 237BC.
The local mines were developed and the area become extremely prosperous – so much so that it was feared by the Romans until it was finally taken by Scipio in 207BC. It never becomes a large city, but its opulence remains obvious from the mosaics which can be seen in the province museum.
Visigoths took the city in the sixth century but it continued to have mainly Hispano-Roman populations.
Jaen under the Arab and Moorish rule.
Jean was under Arab rule for five centuries and, like most of Andalucia the city was home to mosques, fountains, abundant crops, fortresses and palaces. It was a centre of culture and become famous for its beautiful hand-woven carpets and wood which was exported throughout Al-Andalus and the Maghreb. The name “Jaen” probably derives from the Arabic “Yayyan”, meaning crossroads of caravans. Jaen was taken by the Kingdom of Castilla in 1246 by means of a pact between Fernando III and the Nasrid King of Jean Muhammed I. It received the name in 1300 an 1369, but never taken back.
When Granada was conquered in 1492, Jaen went into decline and it was not until the 17th century when it becomes one of the peninsula’s most important craft centres, and played an important role in both military and economic relations with the Americas. However, after that, the city become increasingly poor and inhabitants gradually left for other areas. This crisis continued in the 20th century.
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