Soria is a land, belonging to the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, whose inhabitants have always said, and not without reason, that 'it does not exist', due to the alleged lack of interest, both from the central government and from the regional governments in improve and expand its lack of infrastructure.
This deficiency is possibly much more noticeable at present, since having also registered a high rate of contagion caused by this plague called coronavirus, its already diminished health resources are directly affected, making this heartfelt governmental neglect and Sorians crying out to heaven for resources and help that never end.
Having said this with a spirit of solidarity, what the Sorians also know, although unfortunately they promote it little, is that despite feeling humiliatedly forgotten, it is the detail of telling, within the limits of their small province, that already in medieval times they had the importance of being considered nothing less than the Duero border, that no man's land that separated Christian Spain from Muslim Spain, with some corners so spectacular and wonderful that they leave their mark on the soul.
One of such places is the source of the Abión river, a place located a few kilometers from the immortal and medieval Calatanazor, which is popularly called the Fuentona, which, forming an almost perfect oval, where the waters acquire intense marine hues to then happily run, immaculate as the surface of a mirror, has been the protagonist of numerous legends and also the center of attention, during the eighties of the last twentieth century, of the caving team of Al filo de la aventura.
Because what really hides beneath that oval from whose depths the romantic might think that the enchanting eye of the enchantress Circe lurks, is an intricate world of stone, whose galleries, dominated by the disturbing presence of whimsical stalagmites and stalagtites, whose end nobody has been able to elucidate, although it is thought that it is very possible that it reaches the sea, which would already be a remarkable curiosity, being, as it is, little less than in the center of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Hi @juancar347 ,this photograph reminds me of the movie (THE BLUE LAGOON) that my uncle took me to see it, I remember the part where young people swim in a place very similar to this one, it was an unforgettable experience, it was the first time I went to the cinema, there was a beautiful waterfall too , now we can see all this and more in our own homes thanks to technology.
Take care my dear friend, a big hug
Yes, I think I remember that movie. Actually, the natural environment where this Fuentona is located, also has a waterfall, which I have also come to know. Years ago, they changed the channel of one of the rivers, causing it to dry up. For some reason, two years ago I was pleasantly surprised, because the waterfall was flowing again and it was a wonderful spectacle. Water, after all and metaphorically, is the aspirin of the spirit. Or if you prefer, since it is more modern, paracetamol. A hug
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