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Bailen is a town in the region of Jaen, Spain. Jaen is a territory of southern Spain, in the eastern piece of the self-sufficient network of Andalusia. It is circumscribed by the regions of Ciudad Real, Albacete, Granada and Cordoba. Its capital is Jaen city. The region is the biggest maker of olive oil on the planet. It delivers around 45% of all Spanish generation and 20% of world's creation. Hence the area is otherwise called World Capital of Olive Oil. Bailen is most likely the antiquated Baecula, where the Romans, under Scipio the senior, signally vanquished the Carthaginians in 209 and 206 B.C.

In its neighborhood, additionally, in 1212, was battled the incomparable Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, in which, as per the antiquated recorders, the Castilians under Alphonso VIII, slew 200,000 Almohads, and themselves just lost 25 men. In spite of the fact that this gauge is ridiculous, the triumph of the Christians was complete. In 1808, amid the Peninsular War, it was the site of a progression of conflicts at which General Castanos vanquished General Pierre Dupont. The capitulation, marked at Andujar by Dupont on the 23rd of July 1808, included the surrender of 17,000 men to the Spaniards, and was the main extreme pass up the French in the Peninsular War.

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