Heritage and discovery
Fuente de la Salud
Description
Overview
Close by the Fuente del Rey is the Fuente de la Salud – the Fountain of Health – on a site where according to legend, King Alfonso XI once pitched camp. Now declared a national monument, it was designed to channel the spring which served the town, and was built in the sixteenth century by Francisco del Castillo, with the assistance of a local mason, Alonso González Bailén. The facade is a latticework of polychromed marble, and in its centre is a niche with the sculpture of the Virgin. The rocks below are embellished by a series of bas-reliefs which combine a mythological theme – Neptune, Amphitrite, and Medusa – with a religious one, of a shepherd with his flock.
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What to see
Key details of the place
Start date
16th century
What to see
Styles and artistic language
- Mannerist
What to see
Related artists
- Francisco del Castillo
Images
Gallery