Carpenters Avenue
Avenida de los Carpinteros, formerly called Ismael González, is the longest street in the town and the main entrance to Galaroza.
The scene begins in the current Plaza de la Morera, a place that gets its name from the existence of these trees in the surroundings. Moving towards the avenue, you can see how, at one time, the edges of the road were adorned by large elm trees. In the 1960s, these trees were cut down and the road surface was subsequently paved.
The local researcher Rodríguez Beneyto explained this decision as an improvement of the infrastructure to allow the entry of larger tonnage transportation vehicles into the town.
Following the avenue, we find the current fountain of the Glorieta del Cenagal, which originated in a public petition sent to the City Council in 1930, in which 62 residents contributed a total of 700 pesetas for the beginning of the project. The name of the place comes from the terrible state of the area every time it rained, turning both the square and the avenue into a real quagmire. Finally, the fountain was inaugurated in 1933, when Luis Navarro was mayor. However, the fountain was rebuilt in 1975 as it states in the inscription that can currently be seen on the fountain: “CONSTRUCTED IN 1933 WHEN THE MAYOR WAS MR. LUIS NAVARRO MUÑIZ. REBUILT IN 1975 WITH FUNDS FROM THE TOURIST ASSOCIATION.”
The avenue ends at a spring, popularly known as “El socavón (the sinkhole),” which was turned into a fountain in 1933, the same year as the Glorieta del Cenagal.
Avenida de los Carpinteros, formerly called Ismael González, is the longest street in the town and the main entrance to Galaroza.
The scene begins in the current Plaza de la Morera, a place that gets its name from the existence of these trees in the surroundings. Moving towards the avenue, you can see how, at one time, the edges of the road were adorned by large elm trees. In the 1960s, these trees were cut down and the road surface was subsequently paved.
The local researcher Rodríguez Beneyto explained this decision as an improvement of the infrastructure to allow the entry of larger tonnage transportation vehicles into the town.
Following the avenue, we find the current fountain of the Glorieta del Cenagal, which originated in a public petition sent to the City Council in 1930, in which 62 residents contributed a total of 700 pesetas for the beginning of the project. The name of the place comes from the terrible state of the area every time it rained, turning both the square and the avenue into a real quagmire. Finally, the fountain was inaugurated in 1933, when Luis Navarro was mayor. However, the fountain was rebuilt in 1975 as it states in the inscription that can currently be seen on the fountain: “CONSTRUCTED IN 1933 WHEN THE MAYOR WAS MR. LUIS NAVARRO MUÑIZ. REBUILT IN 1975 WITH FUNDS FROM THE TOURIST ASSOCIATION.”
The avenue ends at a spring, popularly known as “El socavón (the sinkhole),” which was turned into a fountain in 1933, the same year as the Glorieta del Cenagal.
