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Spanish immersion schools in
Ubeda, Spain:
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Ubeda:
Ubeda with its wealth
of Renaissance palaces and churches, has much in common with its
counterpart Baeza. The outstanding feature is the monumental square,
the Plaza de Vázquez de Molina, surrounded with imposing buildings
such as the Palacio de las Cadenas The Capilla del Salvador also
has a chapel screen by the ironworker Bartolomé de Jaen. The Hospital
de Santiago, designed by Vandelvira in the late 16th century, with its
square bell towers and graceful Renaissance courtyard, is now the home
of the town's Conference Hall. Ubeda has a Parador, housed in a 16th
century palace which was the residence of a high-ranking churchman of
the period. Ubeda, have a distinctly Castillian severity, with
their granite buildings and plazas, as opposed to the white walls and
flower-fill courtyards of Andalucia proper, and in many ways Ubeda
resemble Segovia and Avila more than Cordoba or Seville. Poetry lovers
will be interested to know that the 16th century mystic Saint John of
the Cross died in a monastery in Ubeda.
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