This rare hydraulic fountain dates back to the 13th or even 12th century. Of Romanesque design and careful construction, its six semicircular arches support a broken barrel vault. The basin collects the water emerging at the lowest point of the city, from where its name of Lower or Covered Fountain.
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It may have originally belonged to the Knights Templar, but after their dissolution in 1309, it was returned to the Cistercians to irrigate their nearby gardens.
A small wash-house was added in 1770 next to the reservoir. The building was restored in 1997, when it was also classified as a historic monument.
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