La Fuente de la Mata

Parks and Nature

Beyond the "Olivereta del Moro", a path appears that about 3.5 km from the village leads to the Source de la Mata. If we follow this path, we reach an old farmhouse, now in ruins and where we can see on the ground in front of the house, a stone cistern that was built in the late nineteenth century by the family that owns the house. This tank has dimensions of 11 meters long and 2.8 meters wide, and has two arches shaped curve at each end, giving it a significant architectural importance. If we follow the path down to the source, reach the place known as Font de la Mata. This place was prepared as a recreational area, which is very normal for the people to go around and eat the Easter cake on this site. Here are a stone fountain that is nothing more than a well that the Arabs were built to harness water for the field. The source has six stone steps in a dice to get off and collect water. But the most representative sign that gives this place are the two copies of kills ( mastic ) are born between rocks atop the fountain. These are two gigantic monumental trees, bushes and possibly the oldest and most spectacular of the Iberian Peninsula, and is a pride to find them here in the village of Gata de Gorgos.