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What to see and do in Fuente Obejuna

What to see and do in Fuente Obejuna (Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba): 9 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 5 Monuments · 3 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Fuente Obejuna

Fuente Obejuna
Village
Municipality of the Valle del Guadiato with 4,309 inhabitants (2025) and 591.43 km², at 625 m altitude and 96 km from the city of Córdoba. About 8 km away lie the ruins of the Roman city of Mellaria, distinct from the present-day settlement.
El levantamiento de Fuenteovejuna (1476)
Historical milestone
In 1476 the households of Fuente Obejuna rose up and killed the commander Fernán Gómez de Guzmán; the episode inspired Lope de Vega's play Fuenteovejuna, published in 1619.
Mina de la Loba y Casa Cardona
Monument
The Mina de la Loba, a Republican-era Roman mining operation, was registered as Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 2000; the Casa Cardona, a mansion in Modernista style, was registered in 2004.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Castillo (Fuente Obejuna)
Monument
The main church of Fuente Obejuna, with a 16th-century altarpiece and murals from the late 15th century, as well as a processional monstrance. The descent of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores through Plaza Lope de Vega is one of the central moments of its Holy Week.
Iglesia de San Francisco (Fuente Obejuna)
Monument
A temple on Calle Maestra that was once part of an old Franciscan convent in the town.
Ermita de Jesús Nazareno (Fuente Obejuna)
Monument
A chapel of notable architectural interest that some scholars once mistakenly attributed to the Islamic period, now considered to date from later.
Ruinas romanas de Mellaria
Monument
A Roman site located about 8 kilometers from Fuente Obejuna, originating in the 2nd century BC. The city attained municipal status in the Flavian period and had its own aqueduct.
Campo de concentración de Fuente Obejuna
Historical milestone
Between July 1938 and March 1939 Francoist forces ran a concentration camp in Fuente Obejuna that came to hold around 2,000 prisoners, part of the network of camps set up in the Guadiato Valley after the occupation of the area.
Primera mención documentada de Fuente Obejuna (1315)
Historical milestone
The earliest known written reference to Fuente Obejuna dates from 1315, more than a century and a half before the uprising against the commander Fernán Gómez de Guzmán that Lope de Vega would later immortalize.