Fuente De La Juventud

Lluvia fuerte a hoy. It was one of those days, grey and endless rain. Suffice to say I didn’t venture far. Even Toffee had little enthusiasm for going walkies and chasing oranges and avocadoes. Pontificated, Fountains, are they Water Wasters or Works of Art?

Factoid: Fountains are a distinguished feature in Spanish architecture, derived, in part, from Moslem influences. There are fountains in every village, town and city. As Spain built its colonial empire in the New World, fountains were installed within plazas and courtyards, as early as the 16th century.

A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source, fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. Fountains may be wall fountains or free-standing. In fountains sheets of water may flow over varied surfaces of stone, concrete or metal. Basins may overflow from one into another, or the overflow may imitate a natural cascade. Many fountains are located in small, artificial ornamental ponds, basins and formal garden pools, and often they include sculpture.