The Monumental Fountains of La Granja de San Ildefonso.

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We say goodbye for today with a post about the Monumental Fountains of the Royal Palace in La Granja de San Ildefonso. 

Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso

The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso is one of the residences of the Spanish royal family in Segovian municipality of San Ildefonso and was named National Heritage or Patrimony. This is open to the public and consists of a palace and outbuildings, and large gardens where we can find the Monumental Fountains, the protagonists of this post.

Spread around the grounds of the resort are 21 fonts inspired by classical mythology, which include deities, allegories and mythological scenes. Originally they were built in plumbum to prevent corrosion, but later, they were painted to give the appearance of brass and give them a nobler aspect, as in Versailles.

Fountain of Diana's baths.

All these fountains have over 300 jets in total and can consume an average of 9,000 cubic meters of water per hour if they ran at the same time. If we make the relevant calculations, this amount of water would be ... as the entire amount of water consumed in Segovia!. So, to avoid this huge waste of water, which would dry the main tank in half a day, and also to avoid deterioration caused by continuous operation, they have never been activated simultaneously. Because of this, the fountains have their own opening hours if we want see them operating. The problem is that depending on the day we go, we can see different fountains activated, but not all.

To see all fountains activated, we must visit the gardens in one of the three following days:

The day of San Fernando, May 30.

The day of Santiago, July 25.

The day of San Luis, August 25.

In these three days, the gardens are full of excited people following the route of the fountains, which are activated at a time, so you have to be quick, because as a fountain is deactivated, the next one begins functioning, and you should know that not all fountains are one beside the other.

Here you have a list of some of the fountains that you can find in the gardens and a refreshing video about these fountains activated:

The fountain of the frogs.

• Fountain of the Horse Race.
• Fountain of the New Waterfall. 
• Fountain of Fame.
• Fountain of Winds.
• Fountain of the Jungle.
• Fountain of the Shells.
• Fountain of the fan and the zephyrs.
• Fountain of upper and lower cups.
• Fountain of the upper and lower Dragons.
• Fountain of Andromeda.
• Fountain of half moon Dragons.
• Fountain of the old waterfall and the estuary.
• Fountain of Diana's Baths.
• Fountain of the Frogs.
• Fountain of the small bascket.
• Fountain of the Eight Streets.

See you!

Source: Wikipedia

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