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What to see and do in Huesa

What to see and do in Huesa (Sierra de Cazorla, Jaén): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 4 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Huesa

Huesa
Village
Municipality with 2,411 inhabitants (INE 2025), called Poyatos between 1451 and 1651, and separated from Quesada as an independent municipality in 1847.
Donación de los castillos de Huesa y Tíscar
Historical milestone
In 1275 Alfonso X donated the castles of Huesa and Tíscar to the council of Úbeda; in 1455 Francisco de la Cueva took the town and received from the Crown the title of count.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza
Monument
Church set on the highest part of the village, its tower serving as a visual landmark; it was built from a late 15th-century Gothic chapel, turned into a church by decree of Archbishop Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Buitrón in 1778. It preserves 18th-century religious sculptures, among them San Silvestre and the Virgen de la Cabeza.
La batalla de Linuesa (1361)
Historical milestone
On 21 December 1361 the Battle of Linuesa took place near Huesa, in which Castilian troops defeated an army of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.
Segregación del término de Quesada
Historical milestone
Huesa became independent from Quesada as its own municipality in 1847.
Llegada del ferrocarril Linares-Almería
Historical milestone
In 1898 the Huesa station on the Linares-Almería railway line opened.
Caballo de Huesa
Nature
The highest peak in Huesa's municipal territory, at 1,464 metres, within the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Nature Park; the territory descends to 420 metres in the Guadiana Menor valley.