Houses and Streets

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Fountain

After the Civil War, the organism called “Regiones Devastadas” (Devastated Regions) was the body in charge of resolving the destruction that every war conflict brings. In 1953 the architect Mauro Lleó designed five fountains that were a reduced version of the most monumental one built in the Plaza de la Glorieta (“Glorieta Square”) and that followed the style of the regime, sobriety and solidity, topped by the Herrerian style ball, typical of the Castilian Renaissance.

This fountain, located in the widest part of the street, is in what is popularly known as “placeta dels Lucianos”, a reference to the blacksmiths of the Báguena family, because the blacksmith shop was located here in the first half of the 19th century (it can be seen still an iron ring).

In 2004 the Algímia City Council published a monograph on the subject, “Les fonts d’Algímia”, the work of Lidia Mateu Melià.