{"id":4262,"date":"2025-06-03T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/?post_type=que-hacer&#038;p=4262"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:33:01","slug":"source-of-the-horn","status":"publish","type":"que-hacer","link":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/que-hacer\/fuente-del-cuerno\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuente del Cuerno (Horn Fountain)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of the <strong>five fountains scattered throughout the town centre of El Borge,<\/strong> The most characteristic of these is the \u2018Cuerno\u2019 fountain. Built during the period of Muslim rule, it owes its name to the fact that, originally, the Arabs embedded a goat\u2019s horn in it as a decorative feature. It features a pillar that collects the water drawn from the fountain by a hand pump.<br \/>\nThe ancients say that in<strong> In the past, this fountain was the main source of water for many of the locals<\/strong>, who were suffering from severe droughts, compounded by the lack of water supply networks in their homes. It was not uncommon to see the youngest members of the household carrying water in jugs or buckets, or balancing them on their heads, to carry out household chores.<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s more, it was <strong>a meeting place and discussion forum for women<\/strong> who would go to that spring to wash their clothes by hand, scrubbing them with soap and using nothing but their wooden washboard.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4263,"template":"","class_list":["post-4262","que-hacer","type-que-hacer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/que-hacer\/4262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/que-hacer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/que-hacer"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}