Museo Marroquíes Bajos

Marroquíes Bajos is the name given to an archaeological site located in the city of Jaén, specifically in the old northern outskirts of the city, where there was an area of orchard beyond the railway station, an area which after the urban growth of recent years now houses the Bulevar and the Andrés de Vandelvira park. It is a settlement declared an Archaeological Zone by the Junta de Andalucía, and where four defined phases of occupation can be seen: Chalcolithic, Iberian, Roman and Medieval Islamic.

The urban growth of the city has been a major obstacle to the conservation of the settlement, although the various archaeological excavation campaigns that have been carried out intensively since 1995 have made it possible to recover all the information concerning structures and material remains, thus making it possible to make progress in the overall knowledge of the settlement before its definitive dismantling. A plot of 6,000 square metres has also been safeguarded, located in the area where, according to indications, the centre of the settlement in its Chalcolithic phase would have been, and which has yet to be excavated for the most part, although the excavations carried out in 2002 and 2003 have confirmed this idea. This plot of land is destined to house the future Interpretation Centre of Marroquíes Bajos.

The agreement that allowed the conservation of the archaeological remains in this area was signed between private entities and public institutions protecting the heritage, and consisted in the distribution of the number of buildings to be constructed on this plot, in other buildings of future construction, which explains why the urban panorama of the northern area of Jaén is uneven in terms of height.