ARABIC BATHS - VILLARDOMPARDO PALACE
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Cultural center with Arab baths in the basement of the palace considered the largest in Spain
It is in the Magdalena district that the Palace of Villadompardo is located, a Renaissance palace of the sixteenth century, and it is in basement that these Ali (Arab king of Jaen) baths are found, which dates from the eleventh century, remained buried under the palace until the beginning of the twentieth century, then very well restored in the 1980 s. With 450 m 2 and four rooms, this package is considered the largest in Spain. You will notice in particular the temperate room, sala templada, with its columns and its star dome and the entrance vestibule of almost 14 meters long. The Arab Baths Center - Villardompardo Palace - also hosts two other museums: an international museum of naive Art Manuel Moral, rather colorful and captivating, and a museum of popular arts and customs giving rise to the importance of tanneries and weaving workshops in the history of the city.