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The beautiful Fuente del Arca (Ark Fountain) is one of the historic springs of the Tajuña Valley. It lies along the Cordel de las Merinas, a notable drove road used during the transhumance era, and for centuries it was one of the main sources of drinking water for the town of Ambite. The basin itself is a small water garden, nestled in a pleasant setting of poplars, fig trees, willows, elms, and plants associated with springs, such as the maidenhair fern, a fern unique to the region.

The Tajo River basin in the province of Madrid is a basin of limestone, gypsum, marl and sandstone sediments. The limestone is hard and has resisted erosion over time, forming large plateaus and agricultural wastelands known as alcarrias. On the other hand, the gypsum and marl are much softer materials and environmental precipitation has created a curious landscape of slopes, cliffs and test hills that precipitate dissolved salts to the bottom of the plains, determining the reliefs, textures and highly specialised plant species, with numerous peninsular endemic species.

The Robledal de Brea is a valuable ecosystem of holm oak forests from La Mancha, with holm oaks, gall oaks and oaks with centuries-old specimens and great environmental quality due to their good state of conservation. At the entrance to the Monte is the Quegijo del Rebledal, tree number 315 in the catalogue of Singular Trees of the Community of Madrid, it is twenty metres high, three metres in circumference and has an estimated age of two hundred years.

The Arca spring is a historic spring in Ambite, located in the Arca ravine next to the Cordel de las Merinas. The structure of the fountain has been restored and with the benches and the shade of the trees it creates a welcoming space.

The sober palace of the Marquises of Legarda is one of the most notable elements of the historical and artistic heritage of Ambite. It is private property and cannot be visited. There is a path that leads to the entrance of the estate and you can see it up close. The building dates back to 1623, it is built of brick, cobblestones and limestone ashlars on the lintels of the doors and windows. It has a tower, a noble coat of arms and an interior courtyard. Next to it is the hundred-year-old oak tree of Ambite, declared a unique tree of the Community of Madrid, which is estimated to be seven hundred years old.

It is a historic fountain with benches and information panels in a welcoming environment of oaks, holm oaks, kermes oaks and Mediterranean scrubland on a hillside. The fountain has basins and the constant humidity throughout the year has created a valuable wetland ecosystem that is magnificent for the development of an amphibian pond.

Route of the Sources (PR-CC 84) in the Comarca de La Vera, Ambite.

This source has an important historical significance, since the first inhabitants of the town settled around this spring, located in the heart of the alcarria.