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What to see and do in Aldeaquemada

What to see and do in Aldeaquemada (Sierra Morena, Jaén): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

How far each place is from the centre of Aldeaquemada

Cascada de la Cimbarra 2.4 km

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What to see and do in Aldeaquemada

Aldeaquemada
Village
Municipality with 446 inhabitants (INE 2025), founded in 1768 with central European settlers hired by Gaspar de Thürriegel in 1767, as part of Charles III's Sierra Morena resettlement plan.
Arte rupestre de Aldeaquemada
Monument
The district preserves around twenty rock shelters with Levantine and schematic cave paintings, studied by Henri Breuil and Juan Cabré and included in UNESCO's 1998 World Heritage declaration on the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Cascada de la Cimbarra
Nature
Waterfall about 40 meters high declared a Monumento Natural, along with the Cimbarrillo and Negrillo falls.
Fundación de Aldeaquemada en 1768
Historical milestone
Aldeaquemada was founded in 1768 as part of the Enlightenment project to colonise Sierra Morena promoted by Carlos III, on the depopulated Dehesa de Aldeaquemada, property of the ducal house of Benavides. The aim was to settle and secure the Despeñaperros pass with Central European colonists.
Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción y Pósito de Aldeaquemada
Monument
The Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción, from the 18th century and built in Enlightenment colonial style, with a single nave and a brick façade, stands on Aldeaquemada's square next to the old Pósito de Diezmo y Labradores, an 18th-century building with arcades that served as a grain store and is now the town hall.
Platos tradicionales de Aldeaquemada
Food and drink
Aldeaquemada's mountain isolation left a cuisine that blends shepherding and La Mancha influences: calderillo (a stew of potatoes and rabbit), galianos, gachamiga made of flour and garlic, and seasonal sweets such as rosquillos and borrachuelos.