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What to see and do in Fuensanta de Martos

What to see and do in Fuensanta de Martos (Área Metropolitana de Jaén, Jaén): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Fuensanta de Martos: festival calendar

July: Fiestas de La Ribera (July 16)

How far each place is from the centre of Fuensanta de Martos

Fuente de la Negra y Lavadero 500 m
Torre del Algarrobo y Torrevieja 2.4 km

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What to see and do in Fuensanta de Martos

Fuensanta de Martos
Village
Municipality with 3,030 inhabitants (INE 2025) that became civilly independent from Martos on 7 September 1835 and religiously independent on 1 September 1847; it took its current name in 1916.
Torre del Algarrobo y Torrevieja
Monument
Two 13th-century Calatravan watchtowers declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in 1985.
Escenario de 'El lector de Julio Verne'
Curiosity
Almudena Grandes's novel 'El lector de Julio Verne' ('The Reader of Jules Verne') is set in this municipality.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta
Monument
Sixteenth-century Renaissance church with three naves supported by smooth-shaft columns with Doric capitals.
Fuente de la Negra y Lavadero
Monument
The Fuente de la Negra, with a symmetrical cubic plan and round arches framing its spouts, and the seventeenth-century Baroque Lavadero (washing place), with basket-handle arches and a central Solomonic column, are part of the village's hydraulic heritage.
De la Orden de Calatrava a la independencia municipal
Historical milestone
After the Arab surrender of the area's fortresses to Castile in 1225, Fernando III granted the region to the Order of Calatrava in 1228. The village achieved municipal independence on 7 September 1835 and religious independence from Martos on 1 September 1847, adopting the name "Fuensanta de Martos" in 1916.
Fiestas de La Ribera
Activity
Festivities in honor of the Virgen del Carmen held in the pedanía (hamlet) of La Ribera.
Embutidos y aceite de Fuensanta de Martos
Food and drink
The town maintains a traditional industry of pork-based meat products and olive oil production.