Archaeological site · Melilla
Aljibes de las Peñuelas
Today: Aljibes de las Peñuelas, Melilla
- Place
- Melilla
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Built
- 1571
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Open to visit
The cisterns built in 1571 beneath the plaza de los Aljibes to supply the fortified town with water: a filter, two settling tanks and two reservoirs cut into the rock and covered with vaults. They fell out of use around 1891 and were closed in 1947. They opened to the public in 1997 (the west cistern) and, after a restoration, the east cistern opened on 28 November 2018.
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