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Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza

Spain
Date of Inscription: 2003
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Core zone: 9 ha
Buffer zone: 176 ha
Province of Jaen, Autonomous Community of Andalusia
N38 00 40.7 W3 22 16.4
Ref: 522rev

Brief Description

The urban morphology of the two small cities of Úbeda and Baeza in southern Spain dates back to the Moorish 9th century and to the Reconquista in the 13th century. An important development took place in the 16th century, when the cities were subject to renovation along the lines of the emerging Renaissance. This planning intervention was part of the introduction into Spain of new humanistic ideas from Italy, which went on to have a great influence on the architecture of Latin America.

Justification for Inscription

Criterion (ii): The 16th-century examples of architectural and urban design in Úbeda and Baeza were instrumental in introducing the Renaissance ideas to Spain. Through the publications of Andréa Vandelvira, the principal project architect, these examples were also diffused to Latin America. Criterion (iv): The central areas of Úbeda and Baeza constitute outstanding early examples of Renaissance civic architecture and urban planning in Spain in the early 16th century.

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