Hoy caminamos por la Sierra Priego y luego después de un viaje al pueblo de Priego. Caminamos por el pueblo y vimos el Castillo de Priego, el jardín romántico y algunas fuentes.
Today we hiked through the Sierra Priego and then after we took a trip to the town of Priego. We walked through the town and visited the Castillo de Priego, the romantic garden and the Municipo de Priego de Cordoba.
The Castillo de Priego is the oldest building in Priego. It was rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries. The building has an Arabic style to it. Today there is still as tone wall standing in the castle and has Roman carvings on it. The wall was built from three different stones, one being the oldest stone in Priego.
The garden "Huerta de las Infantas", also known as the romantic garden, dates from the 16th century and it located on the edge of the nautral wall "El Adarve". The wall in the garden protects it from invaders and in holes under the wall were used to preserve food. In the garden there were cherry trees and apricot trees that we got to eat from.
In the Municipo de Priego de Cordoba, we saw the Kings fountain, called Fuente del Rey, and Fuente de la Salud. Fuente del Rey is made up of three pools with 139 spouts. In the first pool there's a lion, which is attritbuted to Alvarez Cubero. The second is presided over by Neptune and Anfotrite. La Fuente de la Salud has a wide mannerist frontispice and the water in the pool is natural and comes from under the ground. Both have been declared National Monuments.
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