Fuente de la Peña

Monuments

Public fountains, found in the streets or squares of many towns, are a distinctive element of traditional society. When there was no drinking water service at home, the neighbors came to these places to get water, becoming places of meeting and sociability. The Fuente de la Peña has had several locations and denominations. Appears reviewed for the first time as a source of Calvary in 1761, located in this same place. In 1868 it was moved to the facade of the confluence of San Pedro and Ramón y Cajal streets, until in 1875 it returned to this place, where we are. At present the fountain has lost its original use as a supply, becoming an ornamental and distinctive element of our heritage. Adjoining this fountain was built in 1880 a house intended for the inn, and is where the Wagner Theater and the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium are currently located.