Replica of the Fountain of the Lions of the Alhambra, installed in the Plaza de la Constitución in Macael with the aim of highlighting the use of its marble in art throughout history.
The Fountain of the Lions is the best known image of the Alhambra, being considered the masterpiece of Andalusian art, a symbol of its decorative richness and synthesis of the hydraulic complex of the enclosure.
The study carried out on the occasion of its restoration confirms that both the cup and the lions are made of Macael Marble, being manufactured at the same time between 1362 and 1391, under the reign of Mohamed V.
It is made up of 12 lions, all different in size and details, although grouped into three groups of four, depending on the similarity of their formal features: nose, hair of the mane, jaws and position and relief of the tail.
The cup, 262 cms. in diameter and 49 cms. thick, made in a single piece, it has 12 verses written on its perimeter by the minister and poet Ibn Zamrak in which it describes the source itself. Precisely, the only difference between the replica installed in Macael, with respect to the original, is that the first is surrounded by a series of marble plates on which the translation of these verses into Castilian are inscribed.

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