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A spring surrounded by olive trees, which in past centuries supplied the Convent of the Angels and later the town. A natural setting steeped in history. Fresh, drinkable water.

Super cool water to replenish your strength

The narrow ravines of Pezuela that fall towards the valley of the Tajuña river are rich in clays and dolomitic limestones from the Miocene, a top quality raw material for cooking in lime kilns and making mortars and construction materials. Pezuela had several Moorish kilns for plaster and lime until the sixties of the last century. There are remains of the installations and cavities of the mines in Cuevas Blancas and other slopes of the plains, although they have little identity and complicated location, they are cultural landscapes because they condense the popular wisdom of an essential trade in the life of the rural world.

The Fuente del Rey resting place is a widening of the Senda de la Galiana between the municipalities of Corpa and Nuevo Baztán, equipped with a fountain, a water trough and space for shepherds to stop for refreshment with their flocks. In the Middle Ages, the spring was highly valued for its medicinal properties, “whose salutary waters were drunk at the tables of kings and were even sent to Flanders”. In the town of Corpa, it was known as the “fountain of the seven loaves” because a shepherd asked for bread in a nearby house and was surprised to receive seven loaves, which he was able to share with the rest of the shepherds and lads who accompanied him.

The ethnographic complex of the Fuente Grande de Corpa is an important element of the local heritage. It was built in 1897 by local stonemasons Francisco and Vicente, according to an inscription attached to the wall of the watering hole. The water reaches the stone basins from two different springs in an old cattle rest area at the Cordel de la Senda de la Galiana, although there had been a powerful spring for a long time before. The largest pond was a public washhouse and one of the jets has its own name, it is the Collantes spout and was an old war cannon.

The current fountain was restored in 2015 and has a fresh water spout and a large trough. The area is equipped with benches and a recreational area. Until recently, the spring was the main source of drinking water for the town of Valverde de Alcalá.

If you want to test yourself climbing and your skill with trialeras, you have to go.

It is recommended to be strong too.