Heritage

Lions Fountain

Lions Fountain

Ornamental fountain located in Paseo de San Gregorio, with four life-size bronze lions.

To the south of the Fuente Agria and within the Botanical Garden that was designed for the spa, there was a small square that was originally called the Glorieta de Don Emilio Porras, named after the mayor of Puertollano at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. In the centre of this square there were four small figures of lions looking to the south. lions looking at a fountain, made of Talavera ceramics. At this time it took the name of the Fountain of the Lions, although later, in 1955, this ornamentation was removed and replaced by a fountain in the centre of which was a sculpture of a child holding a fish. The population began to call it the Fountain of the Pissing Boy, although this was erroneous. In the 80's of the 20th century, a new remodelling of the Paseo de San Gregorio recreated the original Fountain of the lions, The original Fountain of the Lions from the early 20th century was recreated and four small ceramic lions from Talavera were placed in the centre of the square, surrounded by benches also made of Talavera ceramics. Finally, a final remodelling changed the ornamentation of the square once again, although the lions were kept, but this time they were made of bronze and in full size. life-size

Parish of the Assumption

Renaissance church from the 16th century, with a single vaulted nave and side chapels.

Church of the Virgen de Gracia

Church from the end of the 14th century with a single nave and home to the patron saint of the city, the Virgen de Gracia, located in the "Puerto plano", the...

Hermitage of Solitude

14th-15th century hermitage with three naves and wooden coffered ceiling.

Agrarian Source

Spring water, carbonaceous and ferruginous in nature, located in the centre of the Paseo de San Gregorio.

Former medicinal sour water spa, nowadays Puertollano's Citizen's Advice Bureau and Tourist Office.

Ornamental fountain located in Paseo de San Gregorio, with four life-size bronze lions.

Current headquarters of the Puertollano Red Cross, built on the remains of the Franciscan convent of San Pedro de Alcántara.

Fountain of the Five Spouts

Water fountain with five spouts, from the spring in the Plaza de la Tercia.

Pedro Almodóvar Municipal Auditorium.

The city's main cultural building. It stands out for its totally white exterior and its main hall with a capacity for more than 1,000 people.

Castillete de Santa María

An example of the city's industrial archaeology. About a dozen metal and masonry derricks have been preserved.

Chimney Cuadrá

Old telegraph tower on the top of the Cerro de Santa Ana hill

Ordovician deposit.

Site of ichnofossils (traces of organisms, in this case "worms") from the Ordovician period. Located in the Cerro de San Sebastián. Of great palaeontological...

Carboniferous reservoir

A site of great palaeontological and geological value, unique in Spain due to the abundance of plant and vertebrate fossils, such as primitive amphibians and...

Monument to the Fallen at Work (widows)

Stone sculptural group representing the fallen at work. Located in front of the church of Santa Bárbara del Poblado.

Monument to the Miners

Bronze sculpture representing a group of miners in the gallery. Work by Pepe Noja

Minero Monument

Bronze sculpture in neo-realist style located on the Cerro de Santa Ana. It represents a miner and is the work of Pepe Noja.

Plaza de la Tercia

Together with the Plaza Mayor, they made up the commercial centre of Puertollano. Under its pavement is the spring of the Fuente de los Cinco Caños (Fountain...

Plaza Tercia Fountain

Ornamental fountain located above the spring in the Plaza de la Tercia.

Town Hall Square

Square where the current Town Hall and the old Town Hall, now converted into the Cristina García Rodero Museum, are located.

Del Pozo Square

Circular square with excellent views of the city

Padre Póveda Square

Public space with gardens, playground and open-air auditorium

St. Joseph's Square and Church

Public space with arcaded square and church

Pepe Noja Square

Public space on the railway tracks with a monument to the miners

Former coal dump. Currently converted into a peri-urban park for the recreation and leisure of the population.

Urban park with gardens, playgrounds and road safety track

El Poblado Gardens

Gardens in the working-class neighbourhood of El Poblado

One of the few existing mechanical flower clocks in Spain. It preserves the original mechanism in an underground room underneath the clock.

Paseo de San Gregorio

Green lung of the city. It has more than 125 different types of plants and trees.

Geological Remains Mining Route

Remains of mining waste dumps with fossils and ripples

Pozo Argüelles

Metallic shaft belonging to the Argüelles mine

Pozo de la Cruz

Old mine shaft of the North Mine Shaft

Remains of an old mining shaft

Old metal mining shaft

San Felipe Well

Metal mine shaft belonging to the San Esteban Mine

Pozo San Julián

Metal mine shaft belonging to San Esteban mine

Remains of the La Extranjera mine

Open-cast mine with some remains of mining buildings

Old metal bridge that spans the Ojailén river.

Peach Tree Bridge

Old bridge over a mining railway track

Muelle de Mª Isabel

Old mining district

Valdepeñas Mine

Old masonry structures of the shaft and engine room