Porcuna

One of Porcuna's famous sons is the Baroque poet Juan del Valle y Caviedes, born here around 1645, who moved to Peru at an early age and wrote biting satirical works attacking the hypocrisy of the Colonial upper class society of Lima.

• Official Name — Porcuna • Settlement Type — village • Image Skyline — Torre Nueva Castillo de Porcuna - noche.jpg • Image Caption — New Tower in Porcuna Castle. • Image Flag — Bandera_de_Porcuna_(Jaén).svg • Image Shield — Escudo de Porcuna (Jaén).svg • Pushpin Map — Spain Province of Jaén#Spain Andalusia#Spain • Pushpin Label — Porcuna • Pushpin Map Caption — Location in the Province of Jaén • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Spain • Subdivision Type1 — Autonomous community • Subdivision Name1 — Andalusia • Subdivision Type2 — Province • Subdivision Name2 — Jaén • Subdivision Type3 — Comarca • Subdivision Name4 — Campiña del Norte • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Miguel Moreno Lorente • Area Total Km2 — 176.3 • Elevation M — 427 • Population Demonym — Porcunenses • Population As Of — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Population Total — population_total • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 Porcuna is a village and municipality in the province of Jaén in Andalusia, Spain, 42 km from Jaén and 50 km from Córdoba. The primary occupation of the 6,990 inhabitants is olive growing. The main tourist attractions are the tower of Boabdil, the Casa Piedra, the Paseo de Jesús and the various hermitages. One of Porcuna's famous sons is the Baroque poet Juan del Valle y Caviedes, born here around 1645, who moved to Peru at an early age and wrote biting satirical works attacking the hypocrisy of the Colonial upper class society of Lima.