La Fontanilla
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thumb|right|The Fontanilla, in Palos de la Frontera. The Fontanilla is the former public fountain of Palos de la Frontera in Spain where, according to tradition, these fountains provided the water for the ships of Christopher Columbus's first voyage—the Santa María, the Niña, and the Pinta—when, on 3 August 1492, they departed from Palos de la Frontera, captained by Columbus and by Palos's own Pinzón Brothers upon the voyage widely considered to have led the "discovery" of what historians term the "New World".
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Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to La Fontanilla, and connects out to Spain, Christopher Columbus and Roman Empire.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Buildings and structures in Andalusia, Buildings and structures in the Province of Huelva and Christopher Columbus.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fountain
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Palos de la Frontera
- Image
- La Fontanilla. Fuente y humilladero mudéjar.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Fontanilla, Palos de la Frontera
- heritage designation
- bien de interés cultural
- native label
- La Fontanilla
- drainage basin
- Tinto
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Origin and architectural style
- Notes
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thumb|right|The Fontanilla, in Palos de la Frontera. The Fontanilla is the former public fountain of Palos de la Frontera in Spain where, according to tradition, these fountains provided the water for the ships of Christopher Columbus's first voyage—the Santa María, the Niña, and the Pinta—when, on 3 August 1492, they departed from Palos de la Frontera, captained by Columbus and by Palos's own Pinzón Brothers upon the voyage widely considered to have led the "discovery" of what historians term the "New World".
La Fontanilla is the least dramatic, but perhaps the most original and authentic monument among the so-called Lugares colombinos, the places in Huelva closely associated with Columbus's first voyage.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Fontanilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations