Fuente del Rey

1. What is its name in English? Neptunes fountain 2. Who designed the fountain? Remigio del Mrmol in 1803. 3. How many basins are there? Are they in the same level? Three elongated and sinuously curved basins set at different levels. 4. Who made the statue situated in the first basin? What does it represent? The statue is the work of the neo-classical sculptor lvarez Cubero. In the first basin is the figure of a lion battling with a serpent. 5. What is statue situated in the second basin? Who was the sculptor? In the second -- the centrepiece of the monument, created by Remigio del Mrmol -- King Neptune and his wife Amphitrite ride a chariot pulled by horses surging through the waves, 6. What are gargoyles?In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque, usually made of granite, with a spout designed to convey water usually from a roof.

Fuente de la Salud
7. What does the legend say about the fountain? King Alfonso XI once pitched camp there. 8. What was this fountain declared? This fountain has also been declared a national monument

Activity: How many spouts does it have? You have to count them as quickly as you can. The fountain has 139 water spouts,

CASA DE ADOLFO LOZANO SIDRO.

1. How many museums are there in the house of Adolfo Lozano Sidro? What are they called? There are 3 museums, the Local History Museum (Archaeological Museum), Museo Adolfo Lozano Sidro, Museum of Landscape.

2. How many rooms are there in the Local History Museum? to which period of history are they devoted to? There are four rooms and the courtyard. Room 1: Origins, Paleolithic and Neolithic. Room 2: From stone to metal. From prehistory to the end of the Iberian world. Room 3: Under the same tongue. Rome. Room 4: Times of crisis and change. Late Antiquity and Middle Ages. 3. Name three types of materials used in the Neolithic period. Stone, bone, ceramics. 4. What animal appears on the first representation of an animal in Priego area? A goat in a fragment of stone. 5. What is the name of the Iberian burial made with megaliths which is reproduced in one of the rooms? Dolmen of La Dehesa 6. What fighting tools can be found in an Iberian burial? A sword (falcata), a dagger, two spearheads. 7. Why has the Iberian sword called "falcata" been bent? So that it could not be used again by any other person. 8. In the room devoted to the Roman world there is a bronze jar, what animal is on its handle? A cat 9. What period do the burials found in the yard date back to? Roman times. 10. What are los tesorillos numismsticos? A small treasure found in Priego.

How many coins were there? 8.544 Muslim coins. What shape do the coins have?Square and round What language are they written in? Arabic.

Activity: Find out who Lozano Sidro was and make a sketch of one of his paintings.

PRIEGO CASTLE

1. What does the name Castillo de Priego refer to? We give the name Castillo de Priego to an ancient Moorish fortress that was restored in the XIII and XIV centuries. It is a large fortified complex. 2. Why is the Castle so austere? Because it was built for defensive purposes. It is a military fortress, not a palace. 3. But, did people live in it? Yes, they did. The third floor was thought as residence, so it is more decorated than the rest. Its windows have lancet arch and Nasrid capitals.

4. What was the purpose of the other floors? The first one was a water tank (aljibe) and the second one was a warehouse.

5. The castle is surrounded by several towers. Which of them is the one called Torre Gorda? The Torre Gorda (Torre del Homenaje) is the quadrangular tower. This tower is very important because it was declared as a Monument of National Historical Artistic Interest in 1943. 6. How high is it? The tower reaches a height of 30m., although it is now partially submerged. Activity: Find, at least, three marks the masons carved on the rocks and then draw them.
Vocabulary: Mason: albail, mampostero. A builder and worker in stone. Mason marks. Marks are signs that appear on some of the stones of the walls and towers, which served to identify and pay the masons

LA ASUNCIN.
1. Which abbot is buried in a tomb in the nave of La Asuncin next to the sacristy? Abbot Joseph Martinez Palomino

2. What are the earliest paintings found in the Church of the Assumption? Santiago Apostles Flemish tables that are exposed on both sides of the door of the sacristy. 3. What architectural style is the sacristy of the Church of the Assumption? It's Baroque or Rococo 4. What is there in the centre of the sacristy? A tabernacle 5. What saints can we find in the altarpieces that are at the beginning of the naves of the Church next to the altar? San Jose and San Pedro 6. How many life-size crucifictions can be found in the chapels of the Church of the Assumption? We find two: The Holy Expiration Christ and the Holy Christ 7. Where is the Baptismal chapel in the church? The baptismal chapel is next to the door of Santa Ana Square in front of the Chapel of the Tabernacle. 8. What Archangel dominates the altarpiece of the baptistery? Archangel Michael fighting a demon
Vocabulary: Baptistery: baptisterio administered Tabernacle :Tabernculo: ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which the sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches. Altarpiece:retablo .A painting or other work of art designed to be set above and behind an altar. The separate building in which the Sacrament of Baptism was once solemnly