This plaza was designed to be a focus of religious and civic life, and is surrounded by mansions and churches, such as the Seminario Conciliar de San Felipe Neri on the square's northern side, a seminary that now houses the Universidad International de Andalucía, Baeza's Cathedral and the handsome Fuente de Santa María fountain (which stands outside the cathedral), which was built in the shape of a miniature triumphal arch in 1569 by baezano (Baeza local) Ginés Martínez.
