Baeza stands on a small promontory in the province of Jaén, overlooking the rolling landscape of La Loma and an almost endless sea of olive trees. Its old town is characterised by whitewashed houses, narrow streets and, above all, the warm honey-coloured stone of its Renaissance palaces, churches and public buildings. The Cathedral of Santa María, the old university, the Seminary, the Palace of Jabalquinto and the handsome Plaza de Santa María provide some of the town’s finest subjects for photography, with arcades, carved façades, fountains and doorways offering details at almost every turn. The surrounding countryside is dominated by olive cultivation, which has shaped both the economy and appearance of the region for centuries. What makes Baeza particularly distinctive is the remarkable concentration of Renaissance architecture within a relatively small Andalusian town: together with nearby Úbeda, it forms a UNESCO World Heritage site and represents one of Spain’s earliest and most important expressions of Renaissance urbanism.