Antonio Machado Exhibition Center

Through the Antonio Machado Interpretive Space and Education in his time of the IES Santísima Trinidad, the city of Baeza pays homage once again to this universal figure, presenting it with an endearing and innovative perspective. Antonio Machado, a great Sevillian poet and prominent member of the Generation of ’98, has always maintained a very special connection with the city of Baeza. He arrived there as a professor of French Grammar at the end of 1912, being part of the teaching staff of the High School Institute installed in the Old University until 1919. During his stay in Baeza, Machado developed his role as a teacher and was closely linked to the society of his time. He also wrote a significant part of his work, resulting in one of the author’s most prolific literary periods. The interpretive space: Antonio Machado and the education of his time takes as its central axis the figure of the poet-teacher in his Baeza stage to once again highlight the heritage and historical richness that links him to the city. It has been conceived as a permanent and thematic exhibition space that brings different aspects of the time in which Machado lived to a diverse audience, defining historical, social, cultural, and economic issues. To achieve this, it uses a series of resources that will allow visitors to feel part of a didactic-interactive, dynamic, innovative, and fully accessible environment. This exhibition space is the ideal complement to the other visitable spaces in the city of Baeza. Located in the heart of the province of Jaén, it has a rich history and a great heritage. Its Renaissance monumental complex, located in its historic center and to which the old University belongs, is a magnificent example of urbanism and architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003. In addition, Baeza has a series of “Machado places,” spaces linked to the poet including the Plaza de Santa María and the Cathedral, the house on Calle Gaspar Becerra, and the Paseo de las Murallas, among others.