Ayuntamiento de Alanís

FUENTE DE SANTA MARÍA

Description

Located in the town centre, built in the time of Charles V. It has been the great supplier of water for centuries, and has been loved by the locals of all times. It is located in Calle Angustia, in a small area that was once called Plaza de Santa María. Next to a spring of water, from which the nearby town has historically drawn its water supply, a front wall was erected in honour of the Virgen de las Angustias, and there is a Sevillian ceramic panel with the image, dated 1767. This wall has a representation of the heraldic coat of arms of Alanís, with a castle and two Alano dogs on either side of it, carved in sandstone in the central part of its base.

 

This fountain has undergone various transformations over the years, and is currently undermined in the ground, with a handrail around it and a staircase leading down.