Archaeological remains of Los Caños del Peral (16th Century)

The visit allows us to see the fountain that collected spring water next to the Arenal stream during the second half of the sixteenth century, which was originally 34 meters long, as well as the barrel vault supply gallery and the sewer in the area and the aqueduct that supplied water to the Royal Palace from the seventeenth century until almost the twentieth century.

At the beginning of the 16th century, water did not reach the houses of Madrid, despite being an indispensable element in the development of the city, and water was supplied by cisterns or basins installed in the squares or next to gates and walls. In the Modern Age, public fountains replaced the cisterns, and part of one of these fountains is what we find today in Ópera.

The Fuente de los Caños del Peral had six spouts and their corresponding basins. The water came from the spring of fat waters existing in the plazuela de los Caños and was transported here through the aqueduct of Amaniel.