Old Fountain · Mondoñedo (EN)
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In the mid-sixteenth century, the city's fountain was not adequate to supply the existing population. This was a fountain made as a raft. The new construction was assumed by the bishop Diego de Soto and was finished in 1548 as indicated in the foundation inscription. This stone building was built lower than the previous one and originally had four spouts. The construction preserves its original state, with the fountain under a flared arch with a small space around it that was accessed by a staircase built in steps. In the highest part of the construction, crowning it, we find the Imperial coat of arms of Carlos I and, on both sides in the lower part, two of the bishop who ordered the works.