Fresco paintings. La Magdalena Church (Jaén)

Fresco belonging to the fifteenth century, located in the courtyard of the Church of La Magdalena, in it can be seen a pointed arch and under it, a scene of the ordeal. At the top, the advertisement. The church of La Magdalena is one of the oldest in the city and is located at the west end of the old town of Jaén. The church, at its origin, was an Andalusian mosque, leaving recognizable remains of it, such as the courtyard surrounded by arches, some of them horseshoe, and a pond in the middle of the courtyard. In addition, in the southwest corner of the same is a tower that the documentation of the sixteenth century calls as Moorish. BIBLIOGRAPHY Galera, P.A.; Lopez, M.Uliarte, M. L. (1986): “Parish of Saint Mary Magdalene.” In Higuera J. (Coord.) Monumental Catalogue of the city of Jaén and its term. 166-168 Cazabán, A. (1930): “La Cde la Magdalena” Revista Lope de Sosa, 92