Fountain of the Lovers

The Fuente de los Enamorados, in Antequera

The Fuente de los Enamorados, the Fountain of the Lovers, adorns the Plaza de Castilla in Antequera. The Antequera audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this moving statue, linked to the legend of the Lovers' Rock.

The legend of the Lovers' Rock

On the Plaza de Castilla stands a strange and beautiful statue representing an embracing couple, ready to leap into the void: it is the Fuente de los Enamorados, the Fountain of the Lovers. It evokes the legend of the Peña de los Enamorados, the Lovers' Rock, this great promontory that dominates the region of Antequera. According to the tale, two young people whom everything opposed, a Christian woman and a Moor or the reverse, lived an impossible love and, rather than being separated, threw themselves together from the top of the rock. This tragic and romantic story is deeply rooted in the local imagination. The fountain perpetuates its memory with emotion.

What to see

You admire the moving statue of the embracing couple ready to leap into the void, on the Plaza de Castilla, which evokes the romantic and tragic legend of the Lovers' Rock, the Peña de los Enamorados. The fountain perpetuates this tale dear to Antequera. It is a touching stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Fuente de los Enamorados lies on the Plaza de Castilla, in Antequera, reachable on foot. It is an open-air work, freely visible from the public space. You discover it during a walk in the town.

What legend does the Fuente de los Enamorados evoke in Antequera?

That of the Peña de los Enamorados, the Lovers' Rock: two young people living an impossible love threw themselves together from the top of the rock rather than being separated; the statue represents this embracing couple.

Where is the Fuente de los Enamorados?

On the Plaza de Castilla, in Antequera, in Spain.