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Sabiote

Coordinates: 38°04′N 3°18′W / 38.067°N 3.300°W / 38.067; -3.300
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Sabiote
Plaza de Alonso de Vandelvira
Plaza de Alonso de Vandelvira
Coat of arms of Sabiote
Sabiote is located in Province of Jaén (Spain)
Sabiote
Sabiote
Location in the Province of Jaén
Sabiote is located in Andalusia
Sabiote
Sabiote
Sabiote (Andalusia)
Sabiote is located in Spain
Sabiote
Sabiote
Sabiote (Spain)
Coordinates: 38°04′N 3°18′W / 38.067°N 3.300°W / 38.067; -3.300
Country Spain
Autonomous
community
 Andalusia
Province Jaén
Area
 • Total
112.19 km2 (43.32 sq mi)
Elevation
833 m (2,733 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
3,958
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.sabiote.com
Town Hall of Sabiote

Sabiote is a Spanish town and municipality situated in the northeastern part of La Loma, in the province of Jaén, autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders the municipalities of Úbeda, Torreperogil, Santisteban del Puerto and Navas de San Juan. The river Guadalimar flows through the municipal district, including the reservoir of Giribaile [es] and Olvera. The municipality has a population of 3,886 (INE 2020).

History

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Ferdinand III takes the town from the Maurs in 1231.[2] This happened the same year as Cazorla, during the most massive advance in the reconquista, from 1228 to 1248 - and after Idris al-Ma'mun, a new Almohad pretender, decided in 1228 to abandon Spain.

In 1537 Emperor Charles V sold Sabiote to his secretary Francisco de los Cobos for 18,509,751 maravedís.[3][n 1] Cobos was among those who received permission to rebuild the castle - or build another one if he so chose.[4] He built a castle palace symbolising his power and wealth ; notable military engineers, architects (Vandelvira) and artists contributed to it.[5] Cobos' castle at Sabiote is the first castle in Spain to be built with a bastion, dated 1543.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Cobos also acquired Úbeda, Baeza, El Mármol (11 km N-W of Úbeda) and Santistevan. See Keniston 1960, p. 242.

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Muñoz-Cobo 1978, p. 91.
  3. ^ Keniston, Hayward (1960). Francisco de los Cobos: secretary of the emperor Charles V. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780822910190.
  4. ^ Keniston 1960, p. 253.
  5. ^ Castillo Armenteros, Juan Carlos (2009). "Jaén's castles, fortresses and walled sites" (PDF). Jaen Journal on Approximation. 1 (2). Universidad de Jaén: 45M-49M (see p. 47M). ISSN 1889-3066. Retrieved Jan 17, 2025.
  6. ^ Parker, Geoffrey (1996). The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800. Cambridge University Press. p. 12.

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