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CITY THAT WAS IN THE PALACE OF BENAVIDES and back of the Count of Benavente.
covered hills of olive groves and fields of work that reach the same houses, gallery forests that flank the course of the Guadalquivir and Guadalimar, Menger and other villages, mountains of Jaén, ... They are a beautiful landscape that can be seen from the La Carrera. Authentic natural view we left to turn left and lead to the rectangular plaza, in which one side of it is the facade of the former Palace Benavides, Count of Benavente and restored since 2004 and qualified to host the town hall of this county.
State of the old palace before it was restored to house the Town Hall. place from which to start the core population of this small town of just over 2,300 inhabitants, since according to the studies of Peter A. Porras, there is evidence to suggest that since this place started to form the urban core to be a defensive tower Muslim which was extended to castle as indicated by Matthew Francis Rivas in 1797, specifying that the Jabalquinto palace consisted of "several high strength galleries and courtyard in the center, with its towers and arches," which suggests that the area there was a castle possibly limited to a keep surrounded by a fence, around which later built the palace.
The Benavides, owners of the manor after purchase Baeza, were the promoters decided to symbolize his power by lifting the palace in the space previously used as a fortress. Centuries later (XVII), after the death of the late Marquis de Benavides house all the lordship passed to counts of Benavente, what caused the building fell into disrepair as it is not inhabited by the owners but by administrators. In this situation we must add the damage to property caused earthquakes in 1755 and 1773. Remodeling after earthquakes, the last noble that should inhabit the palace was D. Pedro Téllez Girón who apparently sold it to D. Francisco Antonio Rodríguez Nájera late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. This in turn got rid of it for D. José González García, definitely going D. Eleuterio González Soriano who sold the City to establish the town hall of the municipality.
Current. And restored town hall in Jabalquinto De rectangular the outside to have been observed in this last remodeling has a grand facade landscape enriched by two covers masonry, dated in the last third of the sixteenth century.
Facade - Another side cover The main opens with arch framed by two pilasters with Corinthian capitals cajeadas on high bases. Its entablature breaks to host a lintel span balcony and wrought iron railing. On each side, two separate coats of arms, carved a century later sustained by Tenant, large oval package presented on parchment cartouche and crowned. On the sides there are new openings for windows asymmetric grating forge.
The other cover is lintel, with large segments, its sides two Corinthian pilasters on high bases cajeadas supported, supporting a simple cornice and on the top floor, a window to the axle with cover.
The refurbished interior retains the wrought iron railing that looks at the two flights of stairs.
Detail forging iron stairs Sendos shields found in excavations in the inner courtyard of the palace have been reconstructed and furnished in the interior walls of the portico of both inputs.
Shields found in excavations in the courtyard 
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