La Foncalada
La Foncalada is a Pre Romanic jewels fountain house in the Spanish city of Oviedo, capital of the autonomous community of Asturias. 1998, it was added along with the Cámara Santa of the Cathedral of San Salvador of Oviedo and San Julián de los Prados church in the UNESCO list of cultural monuments and heard since the only secular building to the already 1985 registered Monumentos de Oviedo y del Reino de Asturias ( monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias ) as Santa María del Naranco, San Miguel de Lillo and Santa Cristina de Lena.
History
The building was about 400 meters from the Cathedral, built next to a Roman road and served the public water supply. The exact date is not known. Inscriptions in the stone slabs, but these are only preserved as fragments, assign it to the reign of Alfonso III. ( 866-910 ) to. In 1096 it was mentioned as fons incalata ( source Invocation) for the first time in writing. Until the early 20th century it was used as a laundry. 1991-1994 excavations were carried out. It was discovered a 14 m long and 8 m wide basin, which joined the east and resulted in the stages.
Architecture
In the building there is a shrine of regularly hewn sandstone blocks with a gable roof. It has a rectangular ground plan of 4 m by 3 m and 4 m high. The foundation consists of two limestone blocks. An arch with keystone and voussoirs 18, to which the inside followed by a barrel vault opens on the east side. The gable is a Latin cross is carved, the Asturian Victory Cross, hang the Greek letters Alpha and Omega on its arms. Among these are the fragments of a Latin inscription, which is supplemented and translated in the following way: " Under this sign the Pious is protected. Under this sign of the enemy is defeated. " This formula appears for the first time on the angel cross, which dates from the reign of Alfonso II the Chaste ( 783 and 791-842 ). The inscription on the stone reads including "Lord, put the sign of salvation in this source and not allow it to enter the baneful Angel". They can also be found in other buildings from the time of Alfonso III.