Tank

Due to the unhealthy waters that supplied the town, on August 23, 1787, the Town Council of Alfara requested, through a letter addressed to the Count of Floridablanca —within the national government— the sale of 40 cahíces (grain measures) of wheat in order to build a cistern. The request was granted, and the labor was provided voluntarily by the townspeople.

On March 26, 1788, the first stone of the cistern was laid, and on December 17 of the same year, at three in the afternoon, the first water was added. The water tank has a capacity of 25,000 liters. It remained open until around 1970 to provide fresh and clean water during the summers.

Usage control established that: the key went to a different house each day; the woman of the house opened it in the morning, cleaned, stayed there throughout the day, and closed it in the evening. When summer ended, the house that had kept the key was responsible for opening the cistern on the first day of the following summer.