Fontes Tamarici

The Fontes Tamarici, in Spanish Fuentes Tamáricas (English: Tamaric Fountains) are three nearby springs located by the geographer and Roman historian Pliny the Elder in classical Cantabria, and since the 18th century are being identified with the source of La Reana in Velilla del Río Carrión (Palencia), Spain. The first news of the spring, by Pliny, dating from the time of the Roman conquest of Cantabria, it has the peculiarity that water emanating from the earth, and its intermittence was considered omen at this time.

Fontes Tamarici

The Fontes Tamarici, in Spanish Fuentes Tamáricas (English: Tamaric Fountains) are three nearby springs located by the geographer and Roman historian Pliny the Elder in classical Cantabria, and since the 18th century are being identified with the source of La Reana in Velilla del Río Carrión (Palencia), Spain. The first news of the spring, by Pliny, dating from the time of the Roman conquest of Cantabria, it has the peculiarity that water emanating from the earth, and its intermittence was considered omen at this time.