Baza (anc. Batti), a town of Spain, in the province and 51 m. E. N. E. of the city of Granada; pop. about 9,000. It is situated in a high valley near the river Baza, between the Sierras de Baza and de Javalcol, and has a suburb chiefly consisting of caverns. In the Gothic collegiate church is the tomb of its patron saint, Maximus; and there are several other fine churches and convents. The women of Baza are celebrated for their beauty and picturesque costume. The occupation of the inhabitants is mainly agricultural. A rich red wine is produced in the vicinity and mixed with aguardiente distilled from aniseed. Remains of antiquity abound in this region. The town was called Bastiana in the middle ages and Bastah by the Moors, who captured it early in the 8th century, and under whom it became one of the most flourishing commercial emporiums of Andalusia, with a population of 50,000. It was taken from them in 1489 by the Spaniards commanded by Queen Isabella in person, after a siege of seven months. Some of the rude cannon used by the Moors are still preserved here.

In August, 1810, Soult defeated over 20,000 Spaniards on the plain of Baza. The hot sulphur springs of Bensalema, near Zujar, at the foot of the Javalcol mountain, are often called the springs of Baza.