The Palace of the Counts of Villardompardo, in the city of Jaén, was built in the 16th century by Fernando Torres y Portugal, 1st Count of Villardompardo and Viceroy of Peru, in Renaissance style. It is currently part of the Villardompardo Palace Cultural Centre.

At the end of the 18th century, the building was acquired by the Board of the Royal Hospice, where the Women's Hospice was installed. The Hospice was extended in 1901 and 1903, demolishing some houses and building a chapel, inaugurated in the latter year with the dedication of the Visitation.

In 1970, after the transfer of the Hospice, work began on the restoration of the Arab Baths located in the basements of the Palace and the refurbishment of the entire building. All these works were awarded the Medal of Honour of the Europa Nostra Association in 1984.

The main door dates from the early 19th century, replacing an earlier one. Above it, there is an inscription in white marble bordered with grey stone with a text that translates as "The first-born of the poor are fed, and the poor rest in confidence".

On both sides of this inscription, there are two coats of arms: on the right, that of Bishop Fray Benito Marín; and on the left, the coat of arms of Castile.

On the façade of the Church of the Visitation there is a cross, the date of consecration, 1903, and a very worn inscription in which only single words can be read, mater (mothers), filios (sons), muros (walls).

The central courtyard of the palace consists of a square with thick walls in which the windows and doors of different rooms open. Inside this square is another square formed by a colonnaded gallery on two levels, with three columns on each side and a total of eight columns on each of the two levels.

The gallery on the lower level has Tuscan columns with slightly lowered semicircular arches. Four arches rest on the four corner columns: the two larger ones form the corner of the gallery, while the two smaller ones are attached to the perimeter wall, becoming 'palmette' columns, like those used by the Muslim builder who had built the great Temperate Hall of the Arab Baths below. The architect of the Palace also used a construction structure identical to that used in the Baths: he used stone for the columns and capitals and brick for the arches and spandrels.

The gallery on the upper floor is similar to the one below, although it has been modified. The columns and arches are lower than those on the lower level. The intercolumniation on this level is now closed off with a wooden balustrade.