Fuente Obejuna – Modernism, Dehesa and Historic Sites

The Palacete Modernista de Fuente Obejuna is a monument worth visiting and houses a tourist office, a historical museum, an exhibition space and a conference room. It is considered an outstanding work of Modernism in the province of Córdoba and one of the most significant examples of Andalusian Modernism.

Culture and Architecture

Casa Cardona is listed as a monument in the General Inventory of Andalusian Historical Heritage. The building has a square floor plan, an inner courtyard and a semicircular structure attached to one corner. This rotunda has covered viewpoints on two levels with stained-glass windows; the modernist design includes curved window openings, lavish floral decoration, stained glass and elaborate ironwork.

The camarin of the main altar of the Iglesia del Antiguo Convento de San Francisco was created between 1765 and 1782 and features rich Rococo decoration. The Ermita de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno, formerly the Church of San Miguel, hosted meetings of the Concejo in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Ermita del Cristo de la Misericordia includes a section dating from the 15th or early 16th century.

The Ermita de Gracia is associated with pilgrimages and Romerías; the water from its spring is attributed with miraculous and healing properties.

Historical Traces

The main sites of the events commemorated in Fuenteovejuna belong to a Historic Site. Every two years, the residents of Fuente Obejuna perform a production of “Fuenteovejuna”, reenacting the collective uprising against oppression.

The Roman city of Mellaria is located in the area around Cerro del Masatrigo and the reservoir of the Arroyo de San Pedro stream, within the municipality of Fuente Obejuna. Archaeological remains have been preserved at Mellaria, including fragments of walls, a representative building and a fragment of an aqueduct. Among the megalithic tombs identified in this area, the El Dorado dolmen is considered the best preserved to date.

Further pages about the directly linked places: Cañada Del Gamo, Los Pánchez, Los Morenos, Posadilla, Piconcillo.

Other places: El Vacar, Doña Rama, Belalcázar.

Landscape and Trails

The landscape around Fuente Obejuna is shaped by the Dehesa, with holm oaks, cork oaks, pastureland, rural paths and livestock holdings.

The PR-A 424 hiking trail passes through a varied landscape of fields, olive groves and Dehesa pastures, as well as scrubland and Mediterranean uplands; traditional stone piles, known as Majanos, can be found along the route. The PR-A 424 circular route, “Circular de Ojuelo bajos y Ojuelos Altos”, begins in Ojuelos Altos and passes through El Alcornocal and Los Pánchez.

The “Tierras de Avutardas” ornithological circular route is an approximately 30-kilometre route for hiking and birdwatching; it runs near the hamlet of El Porvenir de la Industria and is indicated as a walking route with an estimated duration of eight hours. The different information on landscape, route, length and duration allows the trails to be compared objectively.

The fields mentioned can be matched to individual plans for culture, landscapes, hiking and birdwatching.

Geographical Setting

The N-432 connects Córdoba with Badajoz and is the main access road in the region. From Córdoba, it runs north through Dehesas and mountain landscapes, passing among others through Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, Belmez and Fuente Obejuna.

To the overarching travel overview: Cordoba.