OLD CASAS CONSISTORIALES

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At the start of the 17th century, the Town Council decided to remodel the offices of the Town Hall, which had previously been here but in a more modest building.
The construction of the new offices followed the model of public civil buildings in the Italian Renaissance, with a double porticoed gallery facade. The upper gallery had the function of a balcony, from which the members of the Town Hall attended celebrations taking place in the square below. Meanwhile the lower gallery served as a place for citizens to meet. Nowadays the Old Casas Consistoriales is home to the Music School of Úbeda.

At either end of the facade two niches stand out with the images of San Miguel and San Juan de la Cruz, patron y co-patron of the town respectively. On the lateral facade our attention is drawn to the presence of a sun dial dated from 1604. This system of measuring time, used already by the ancient Egyptians, is based on the position of the shadow cast onto a smooth surface by the pointer, called a style or gnomon, which indicates the position of the sun at any given moment and therefore the time of day.

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This building is the old Town Hall of Úbeda.
It was built at the beginning of the 17th century, following Italian models.
The facade has two floors with columns and semicircular arches.
From the upper balcony, members of the Town Council
took part in the celebrations that happened in the square below.
At either end of the facade two niches stand out with the images
of San Miguel and San Juan de la Cruz, patron y co-patron of the town respectively.
On the side façade there is a sundial from the same period.
With it we can know what time it is
by the shadow of an iron rod on the wall.
Today it is the Music School of Úbeda.

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Plaza Primero De Mayo 30, 23400 Úbeda, Jaén, Spain