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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 124 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAEN , the See also:

capital of the See also:Spanish See also:province of Jaen, on the See also:Linares-Puente Genii railway, 1500 ft. above the See also:sea. Pop. (1900), 26,434. Jaen is finely situated on the well-wooded See also:northern slopes of the Jabalcuz Mountains, overlooking the picturesque valleys of the Jaen and Guadalbullon See also:rivers, which flow See also:north into the See also:Guadalquivir. The hillside upon which the narrow and irregular See also:city.streets rise in terraces is fortified with Moorish walls and a Moorish citadel. Jaen is an episcopal see. Its See also:cathedral was founded in 1532; and, although it remained unfinished until See also:late in the 18th See also:century, its See also:main characteristics are those of the See also:Renaissance See also:period. The city contains many churches and convents, a library, See also:art galleries, theatres, See also:barracks and hospitals. Its manufactures include See also:leather, See also:soap, See also:alcohol and See also:linen; and it was formerly celebrated for its See also:silk. There are hot See also:mineral springs in the mountains, 2 M. See also:south. The See also:identification of Jaen with the See also:Roman Aurinx, which has sometimes been suggested, is extremely questionable. After the Moorish See also:conquest Jaen was an important commercial centre, under the name of Jayyan; and ultimately became capital of a See also:petty See also:kingdom, which was brought to an end only in 1246 by See also:Ferdinand III. of Castille, who transferred hither the bishopric of See also:Baeza in 1248.

Ferdinand IV. died at Jaen in 1312. In 1712 the city suffered severely from an See also:

earthquake.

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