Fontanilla
Former public fountain in Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fontanilla is the former public fountain of Palos de la Frontera in Spain where, according to tradition,[1] these fountains provided the water[2] for the ships of Christopher Columbus's first voyage—the Santa María, the Niña, and the Pinta—when, on 3 August 1492, they departed from Palos de la Frontera, captained by Columbus and by Palos's own Pinzón Brothers[3] upon the voyage widely considered to have led the "discovery" of what historians term the "New World".
For other uses, see Fontanilla (disambiguation).
La Fontanilla is the least dramatic, but perhaps the most original and authentic monument among the so-called Lugares colombinos, the places in Huelva closely associated with Columbus's first voyage.[4]