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Qanat of Ajalvir

Ajalvir, Cuenca del Medio Jarama, Madrid

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Qanat of Ajalvir

Curiosity · Ajalvir, Cuenca del Medio Jarama, Madrid

Image of Ajalvir, not of the place itself.

Beneath the urban core a qanat is preserved, the underground drainage gallery of Arab origin with which groundwater was captured. The village's place name itself comes from Arabic and alludes to a wide pass or well between hills.

Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid. (CC BY 3.0 es)

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