Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares del Alto Guadalquivir

About the museum

The museum began as a section of the Museo de Jaén. It was founded in 1971 and opened on 23 September 1983. Today it reports directly to the Provincial Delegation of Culture of the Junta de Andalucía. Its seat is the Castillo de la Yedra, which was expropriated and restored in 1972; the keep was first fitted out for the exhibition.

The castle, also called de las Cuatro Esquinas (of the Four Corners) because of the square plan of its main tower, is Cazorla's most notable monument. It has three enclosures; the highest holds the four-storey keep with a crenellated terrace, while the other two are gardens. The present structure dates from the reform carried out by Archbishop Pedro Tenorio in 1394, but there is no reliable information about its origins: it is thought that the Arabs built it on the remains of a Roman fortress.

Most of the collection on display comes on deposit from the Museo de Jaén, together with donations, purchases and pieces found on the site itself. The route includes a chapel with a large Christ on a cypress cross and paintings of the apostles, an armoury and a noble hall with a Gothic ribbed vault, tapestries and bargueños (fall-front cabinets).

Highlights

• Seat in the Castillo de la Yedra, also called de las Cuatro Esquinas
• Chapel with a Christ and twelve paintings of the apostles from the 17th century
• Armoury with sword shields, crosses and axes
• Noble hall with a Gothic ribbed vault
• 17th-century tapestries and bargueños

Permanent exhibition

• Colección permanente: historia, artes y costumbres populares – Route through the castle's rooms with deposit pieces from the Museo de Jaén: chapel, armoury, noble hall and sections on the arts and popular customs of the Alto Guadalquivir.

Founded

1983

Operated by

Consejería de Cultura, Patrimonio Histórico y Deporte (Junta de Andalucía)

Admission & discounts

Free admission for citizens and residents of the EU; other visitors pay €1.50. Group visits are booked through the booking platform of the Consejería de Cultura.

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Getting there & parking

The castle can be reached by private car. On foot from the centre of Cazorla: from the Plaza de la Constitución along Calle del Dr. Muñoz to the Plaza de la Corredera, then towards the Balcón de las Herrerías, the Plaza de Santa María and the Camino del Ángel; the walk up takes about 15 minutes.

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