Another very special monument on the Camino is this very old water basin. Why this construction? Water level and keeping the water cool, I guess. I just sat here a while, not to drink water but drink in the ancient atmosphere.
Gitlitz writes: Just before Villamayor is a gothic fountain/ cistern. It was restored in 1991. As the name implies, local legends holds that it is a much earlier Islamic construction.
(Gitlitz and Davidson, The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago)
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