TEJAS STREET SPRING
This spring could be one of the first testimonies of drinking water pipes within the Historic Center of Coín.
It is a "reservoir" where the water is born, made using a brick vault, from here it passes into a sandbox and is later distributed through cisterns throughout the city.
The water marks the beginning of the historical trajectory of Coin. Its origins in the 10th century are due to the course that the waters take from the source in a natural way, taking advantage of the fall of the land for irrigation due to flooding or unevenness.
The engineering applied in orchards will also be used to conduct drinking water to the Villa, as well as to move mills.
It should be noted that irrigated agriculture constituted the main economic resource of Coín from the Andalusian period until practically the middle of the 20th century, being one of the main landscape and economic legacies bequeathed by al-Andalus.
It is curious how in 1492, after dividing up the belongings of the Muslims from Coins, some four hundred and twenty-six "aranzadas" of orchards were recorded, a much larger area than those of other neighboring towns and places such as Alhaurín, Cártama or Álora at the same time.