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What to see and do in Higuera de Calatrava

What to see and do in Higuera de Calatrava (Área Metropolitana de Jaén, Jaén): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 2 Activities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Higuera de Calatrava: festival calendar

August: Fiestas patronales de San Roque y Los Pesos (August)

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What to see and do in Higuera de Calatrava

Higuera de Calatrava
Village
Municipality with 590 inhabitants (INE 2025) that obtained its charter of privilege and its current name in 1600.
Castillo calatravo de Higuera
Monument
13th-14th-century military fortress of which a tower with Gothic ribbed vaults survives.
Campo de concentración franquista
Historical milestone
The town was emptied of its population on 14 December 1936 during the Civil War, and in 1939 a Francoist concentration camp was set up there that came to hold more than 10,000 Republican prisoners.
Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción
Monument
Sixteenth-century Gothic-Renaissance church with twisted or helical columns linked to Levantine Gothic; it holds an eighteenth-century Cordoban monstrance carried in procession on Corpus Christi.
Pilar abrevadero
Monument
Historic sixteenth-century watering trough with two spouts, one of fresh water and the other of brackish water, and attached pilasters.
Feria Medieval de la Orden de Calatrava
Activity
Summer medieval market that recreates the village's Calatrava-era past with falconry, crafts and historical reenactment.
Fiestas patronales de San Roque y Los Pesos
Activity
August patronal festivities culminating in the feast of San Roque, the traditional offering of "Los Pesos", and fireworks.