Tours & Activities in Linares
This Free Historical Cultural Tour through the city of Linares will take you into a place with a lot of history. We will tell you about the first settlers of the city, through the History of Cástulo (Iberian settlement or archaeological site located 6 km from Linares). Where Iberians, Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, Arabs and Christians settled. Until the Christians moved to Linares in the 15th century, because Linares was a mining town, the journey from Cástulo to Linares (6 km there and 6 km back) was saved in material and human transport.
Then we will talk about the mining heyday of the Linares mines, which was from 1850 to 1930, why those mines were closed, what motivated that closure, the rise and fall of Linares due to the minerals that were extracted in those mines, which were lead, silver and copper.
I will also tell you that since a lot of money moved through Linares because of the mines it had, I will tell you that the second Bank of Spain was located in Linares, the first Banesto in Spain here in Linares. Because of the money that moved, there were a lot of foreigners in this city. Linares had 7 foreign vice-consulates, 5 train stations and a tram station. There is even an English cemetery.
You can visit two museums for free (whenever it is open): the Mining Interpretation Centre (for the mines that Linares had) and the Archaeological Museum of Linares (for the archaeological site or Iberian settlement that exists in Linares).
I would also like to tell you the story of the most important buildings that existed in Linares, such as the famous bullring where the famous bullfighter Manolete died; I will also tell you about the Hospital de los Marqueses de Linares (what it is, who owned it, what function it had and has, etc.) And so on.
You will not regret visiting this wonderful city that has a lot of history and much to tell.
PLACES TO VISIT:
- Mining interpretation center (whenever open).
- Old train station in Madrid.
- Walk of the Virgin of Linarejos.
- Santa Margarita Gardens.
- Former Bank of Spain.
- Town Hall Square (Linares Town Hall, old grain store, Church of Santa María, statue of the famous Linares singer Raphael).
- Linares Archaeological Museum (whenever open).
Minimum 4 people and the free tour is not free. For the service provided you will pay an average amount of €10 per person (from then on).
Free Tour to visit the Ibero-Roman archaeological site of Cástulo, in the town of Linares (Jaén).
It will begin by explaining from the beginning of Cástulo , which was founded with the Iberian culture (although in the past there was an old settlement prior to the Iberian), with the town of La Muela, followed by the Carthaginians (with him, the military Aníbal, who married the princess Imilce who was from Cástulo), then came the Romans with the Conquest of Cástulo through Publio Cornelio Escipión "THE AFRICAN", we passed to the Visigoths, Arabs and Christians, until in the fifteenth century the city was definitively abandoned.
We will visit the North wall of Cástulo , where the famous Iberian Lion was found, then we will go to the Torre Vigía or Torre Alba (defensive tower or watchtower), Roman Baths , a possible Synagogue that existed before the Jews settled in Spain and finally the jewel of the Crown of Cástulo, the famous "MOSAICO DE LOS AMORES".
Through georadar I will indicate where the Roman Circus of Cástulo and its Amphitheater were located.
Each stone, each column that is seen will explain the function or what it was used for and its history.
If you want to visit one of the most important Ibero-Roman cities of the Iberian Peninsula ; which was the most important city of Oretania, since Cástulo had its own port, because the Guadalimar river was navigable. Take this Free Tour to Cástulo , because you will not remain indifferent.
