The town of Andujar is located in the province of Jaen in Andalusia, Spain, is the largest municipality in the province. It is the capital of the Region of the Countryside. The city of Andújar is located along the Guadalquivir River in the foothills of the Sierra Morena.

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The municipality is divided by the Guadalquivir River to the south in a beautiful lush green countryside and the north is the Sierra Morena the most of this territory by forming the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, with large attractive landscapes, cultural and varied flora and fauna.

The town of Andujar bases its economy on agriculture with emphasis on olive cultivation, the manufacture of fine crafts in ceramics and their vast range of natural tourism resources and its rich historical heritage. Due to high demand for accommodation by tourists traveling to the region to spend their vacations, there are many individual chalets scattered across the territory of the municipality.

The city of Andújar in early twentieth century still had a rich architectural heritage, which was unfortunately lost in the civil war. But there is the Plaza of Spain, where you can see the Palace Hall, dating from the sixteenth century, built with beautiful architecture. The Church of San Miguel which is notable for its Gothic architecture, also part of the attractions of the city The Children of Don Gome Palace, where today the university courses are conducted in the fall. Opposite the church of Santa Maria is the clock tower in Arabic style, which is an excellent vantage point from where you get a beautiful view of the city.

The major attraction of the city is the celebration of the Pilgrimage of the Virgin de la Cabeza, held from April 20 to May Day, the shrine of the Virgin is a building with beautiful architecture, which is visited each week by tourists from all over Spain.

For the festivals of the pilgrimage many tents are installed in the city waiting for the massive pilgrimage, who as part of their offerings come to place flowers at the feet of the Virgin. Andujar is a very important city in which to religious tourism is concerned, because each year the city hosts more than a million pilgrims during the last weekend of April. The head is the hill where they housed the shrine of the Virgen de la Cabeza, located 30 kilometers from the city, the way is travel by horseback, on foot, in carriages or automobiles by the thousands of devotees every year increases.

Another important festival is the Easter religious festival that has been declared a Fiesta of National Tourist Interest, the Easter processions take place through the historic center of town, creating an impressive atmosphere. Andújar is a city of rich cultural, historical and social, plus the beautiful natural resources where you can make excursions by bike, on horseback or on foot, adventure sports like paragliding.

We must emphasize that abound in the area fully equipped rural accommodation or want to save are places where you can camp at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by a beautiful natural landscape that gives us the Sierra Morena.