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Juan de Ávila; 10am-1pm & 4-6pm Thu-Tue) was founded in 1538. The main patio
has two levels of elegant Renaissance arches. Around the corner is the early-16th-
century Palacio de Jabalquinto (Plaza Santa Cruz; 9am-2pm Mon-Fri) , with a
flamboyant Isabelline-Gothic facade and a lovely Renaissance patio with a fantast-
ically carved baroque stairway. Across the square, the 13th-century Iglesia de la
Santa Cruz ( 11am-1pm & 4.30-6pm Mon-Sat, 11am-1pm Sun) was one of the first
churches to be built in Andalucía after the Reconquista, and may be the only
Romanesque church in Andalucía. A block north of Paseo de la Constitución, the
Ayuntamiento (Paseo del Cardenal Benavides 9) has a marvellous plateresque
facade.
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WITOLD SKRYPCZAK