{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Porcuna | settlement_type = village | image_skyline = Torre Nueva Castillo de Porcuna - noche.jpg | image_caption = New Tower in Porcuna Castle. | nickname = | 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 = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous<br/>community]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Andalusia}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[File:Bandera de la provincia de Jaén.svg|23px]] [[Jaén (Spanish province)|Jaén]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Comarcas of Spain|Comarca]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Campiña del Norte]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name =Miguel Moreno Lorente | leader_party = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 176.3 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | elevation_m = 427 | population_demonym = Porcunenses | population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|37|52|11|N|4|11|14|W|display=inline,title}} | website = {{official website|http://www.porcuna.es}} | footnotes = | }} '''Porcuna''' is a village and [[municipality]] in the province of [[Jaén Province, Spain|Jaén]] in [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]], 42 km from [[Jaén, Spain|Jaén]] and 50 km from [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]]. The primary occupation of the 6,990 inhabitants is [[olive]] growing. The main [[tourist attraction]]s are the tower of Boabdil, the ''Casa Piedra'', the ''Paseo de Jesús'' and the various [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]]s.
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]].
== See also == * [[Bear of Porcuna]] * [[Torito of Porcuna]] * [[List of municipalities in Jaén]]
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