Fuente Zaide - Alcaudete

Fuente Zaide - Alcaudete

Fuente Zaide
History states that, in the fourteenth century, the warden of the castle, Fernando Alonso de Córdoba, had three Muslim slaves named MaymonaAixa and ZaraAixa was endowed with great beauty, for which Don Fernando repeatedly demanded her love, though never successfully. Inside the castle was a Muslim man named Zaide, in love with Aixa, and both of them escaped from Alcaudete on the day of the town market celebration. Zaide was arrested and his head was cut off, on the spot where the fountain is situated today.

Location

Located on Calle Alcalde Fernando Tejero.

Destinations

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