Arco de Villalar
The arch was erected by the Council of Baeza in 1522 to commemorate the victory of Emperor Charles V’s army over the Comuneros in the Battle of Villalar, which took place in 1521. Although some sectors of the Baeza nobility, led by the Benavides family, took the side of the Emperor’s opponents, their position was justified by their personal confrontations with the Carvajales family, which at that time controlled the Town Hall, than by open opposition to imperial politics.
Location
Located in Plaza de los Leones.