Linares

Linares is a city situated in the Andalusian area of Jaen, Spain. The city is all around associated with whatever is left of Spain. The Autovia de Andalucia, NIV Madrid-Cadiz, is found 12 km toward the west at Bailen. There is a railroad station at Linares-Baeza, with lines associating Madrid and Cadiz, and Madrid-Granada-Almeria. Close to Linares is the old town of Castulo, which dates to artifact and earned a lot of its income from the lead mines situated there.

It was at Castulo that Carthaginian general Hannibal wedded the nearby Iberian princess Himilce on the eve of the Second Punic War. Linares is likewise where the yearly Linares chess competition was held. Up to this point Linares was intensely associated with the mining and refining of lead and the creation of explosive, explosive and rope were staples of the neighborhood economy. The last mine shut in 1991.

Today the mines have been deserted, and additionally Santana Motor, the previous maker of off-road vehicles for the Spanish Army which was as of late closed down because of the financial retreat. There is likewise a production line delivering trains CAF, another creating parts for wind turbines Grupo Daniel Alonso Gamesa, and a beet sugar plant Azucareras Reunidas de Jaen S.A., which currently creates biodiesel from colza oil, palm oil, soybeans, and sunflower oil.