The beautiful ‘white’ town of Orusco de Tajuña, framed by poplar trees, tamarisks and willows, is perched on the hillside overlooking the valley.
It has plenty of drinking water, and as you walk through its steep streets of white houses, you will come across several fountains and springs, making for a lovely stroll through its winding streets.
Water is key to life in the municipality and can be found everywhere. There is a set route through the town which takes you to 7 drinking fountains and the municipal washing place.
1. Constitution Square A stone basin in the shape of a dodecahedron, with carvings of plants. The spout is a central pillar with two hemispherical bowls that pour the water through several spouts.
2. Calle Placituela Fountain with a rectangular basin and pillar in the centre containing the spout. The current fountain is built from stone slabs.
3. Calle Ronda The old fountain from Constitution Square. It has a hemispherical bowl with a base, and a central pillar with a spherical top over a pyramid-shaped base. All the different parts have been worked from limestone
4. Square facing the church on Avd. Juan Carlos I Fountain with an octagonal basin and central pillar with two spouts. Built from stone slabs. The central pillar has a pyramid-shaped top.
5. Calle Alcalá Baja A wrought-iron fountain with four small basins at the base, placed on a stonework basin lined with stone slabs
6. Calle de la Peña Merina. Fountain and washing basin The fountain is attached to a wall and has a rectangular brick basin and stone slabs at the corners. The washing basin, which is level with the ground, has the original stone slabs sloping inwards.
7. Calle Juan Carlos I in Felipe Rivas Square Fountain and basin with three spouts.
8. Calle Barranquillo 19th-century fountain with a rectangular basin, made from large pieces of limestone. It has two spouts that stick out from the sides of a pillar attached to one of the long sides, also made of stone, with a pyramid-shaped top.
