Porcuna is a village and
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the province of
Jaén in
Andalusia
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,
Spain
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, 42 km from
Jaén and 50 km from
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. The primary occupation of the 6,990 inhabitants is
olive
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growing. The main
tourist attraction
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Types
Places of natural beaut ...
s are the tower of Boabdil, the ''Casa Piedra'', the ''Paseo de Jesús'' and the various
hermitages.
One of Porcuna's famous sons is the Baroque poet
Juan del Valle y Caviedes
Juan del Valle y Caviedes (11 April 1645 – 1698), often referenced as Caviedes, was a Colonial poet from Viceregal Peru. He belongs chronologically to the Spanish American Baroque Colonial period, and shares much with Baroque writers such ...
, born here around 1645, who moved to
Peru
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at an early age and wrote biting satirical works attacking the hypocrisy of the Colonial upper class society of
Lima
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.
See also
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Bear of Porcuna
The Bear of Porcuna is a sculpture dated from the 1st century BC depicting a bear or a lioness leaning on a ''herma''. It is exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, Spain.
The artifact was found in 1926 in Porcuna—the Roman ...
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Torito of Porcuna
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List of municipalities in Jaén
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References
Municipalities in the Province of Jaén (Spain)
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