Fuente de los 8 caños

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Heritage cataloging: Lugar Arqueológico
Locality: Utrera (Sevilla)
Path and stage:
  • Vía Augusta desde Cádiz / Utrera-Alcalá de Guadaira
Address: calle la Resolana, 9
Coordinates: 37.1772555, -5.7813884
Distance to the center of the population: 0.1 km

The Alamedilla Fountain, also known as the Fountain of the Eight Spouts, is located in the Plaza de la Resolana, next to the Cristo de los Afligidos Park, in the town of Utrera. It is an old restored fountain with an octagonal floor plan and a temple-like roof. The roof is decorated with Sevillian tiles and is supported by eight semicircular arches. Under each arch there is a tap that drains into the basin that surrounds the entire structure.

Its function was to supply water to the inhabitants of the town and to water the livestock. Its water comes from a spring located just over 1 km away. In ancient times, the complex was made up of three interlinked elements: the fountain, the drinking trough and the washing places. It was built in the 14th century and has been remodelled on several occasions. Nowadays, it has been greatly transformed, as it has lost its washbasin and the trough is half-buried. It used to be a water supply point for the town.

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