Hospital of Santiago

Surely, the Santiago Hospital will be the first monument that you'll find while you arrive to Ubeda with your automobile or happening bus due to the fact it is near the Bus Station and placed on one of the predominant streets that visit the town centre. Moreover, the Obispo Cobos avenue, normally known as the shops street due to the large amount of stores in it, ends with this constructing. Even if the Santiago Hospital is positioned a long way from the huge place represented by using the Vazquez de Molina Square, this constructing has not anything to envy to those positioned there.

It is different architectural jewel of the Civil Spanish Renaissance made by using the artist Andres de Vandelvira and his father, Pedro de Vandelvira. It is vital to recognise that it became d Historic National Architectural Monument in 1927. It become built between 1562 and 1575, underneath the instructions of the Bishop Diego de los Cobos. Its motive, at the beginning, changed into to come to be a clinic for poor and sick human beings because the same time as church, mausoleum and a palace. However, it's far used these days as cultural, exhibitions and congresses centre.