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{{short description|Fountain in Spain}}
The '''Fuente de las Ranas''' ([[English language|English]]: Fountain of the Frogs) is an emblematic [[fountain]] located in center of the [[Spain|Spanish]] city  of [[Albacete]]. Built in memory of Dionisio Guardiola, was inaugurated in 1916 in the center of the current [[Plaza de Gabriel Lodares]], having chaired several places in the city until, in 2007, it was moved to its current location, the roundabout between the Paseo de la Libertad, the Avenida de la Estación, the Paseo de la Cuba and Calle Alcalde Conangla.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.historiadealbacete.com/index.php/asambleas/87-la-fuente-de-las-ranas | title =La fuente de las ranas | url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20160308230235/http://historiadealbacete.com/index.php/asambleas/87-la-fuente-de-las-ranas | archivedate =2016-03-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/Albasit/Al47_Sanchez_Fuente.pdf |title=La Fuente de las Ranas, un monumento albaceteño del siglo XX |access-date=2016-03-05 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024232/http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/Albasit/Al47_Sanchez_Fuente.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== History ==
The Fuente de las Ranas was built in memory of Dionisio Guardiola after being proposed in 1913 by the Society of Water of Albacete to the City Hall of Albacete as a tribute to the important contribution had made this [[First Spanish Republic|Republican]] lawyer in the construction of water supply system of the city. The fountain was placed in the Plaza de Gabriel Lodares, then called Plaza de Canalejas, in 1916.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.historiadealbacete.com/index.php/asambleas/87-la-fuente-de-las-ranas | title=La fuente de las ranas | url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308230235/http://historiadealbacete.com/index.php/asambleas/87-la-fuente-de-las-ranas | archivedate=2016-03-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/Albasit/Al47_Sanchez_Fuente.pdf|title=La Fuente de las Ranas, un monumento albaceteño del siglo XX|access-date=2016-03-05|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024232/http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/Albasit/Al47_Sanchez_Fuente.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Fuente de las ranas 2 - Albacete (2090518325).jpg|thumb|Detail of the frogs, shells and scrolls from the Fuente de las Ranas]]
In 1935, it was transferred to the Parque Abelardo Sanchez that, at the time, was called Parque de Canalejas. In 1950 was retired and stored at the Matadero Municipal. In 1980 was recovered in the  [[Parque Lineal (Albacete)|Parque Lineal]] until, in 2007, after the construction of underground parking El Sembrador, was located on the roundabout between the Paseo de la Libertad, the Avenida de la Estación, the [[Paseo de la Cuba]] and Calle Alcalde Conangla.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.historiadealbacete.com/index.php/asambleas/87-la-fuente-de-las-ranas| title = La fuente de las ranas| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308230235/http://historiadealbacete.com/index.php/asambleas/87-la-fuente-de-las-ranas| archivedate = 2016-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/Albasit/Al47_Sanchez_Fuente.pdf|title=La Fuente de las Ranas, un monumento albaceteño del siglo XX|access-date=2016-03-05|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024232/http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/Albasit/Al47_Sanchez_Fuente.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latribunadealbacete.es/noticia.cfm/Local/20070119/fuente/ranas/estrena/cuarta/ubicacion/45CFA796-1A64-968D-5988FE1326D3E983|title=La Fountain de las Ranas opens its fourth location}}</ref>
== Features ==
[[File:Albacete 13.jpg|thumb|Night view of the Fuente de las Ranas]]
The fountain was named by the four [[frog]]s that adorn it. The mechanism of water of the [[fountain]] is as follows: the frogs expel the water through the mouth into the [[Seashell|shells]] located under the same finally falling into an octagonal [[pond]] that forms the basis of the fountain.<ref name="La Fuente">{{cite web|url=http://www.albaguia.com/index.php/component/k2/item/9-la-fuente-de-las-ranas.html |title=La Fuente de las Ranas |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140612053014/http://www.albaguia.com/index.php/component/k2/item/9-la-fuente-de-las-ranas.html |archivedate=12 June 2014 |url-status=dead|accessdate=30 September 2016 }}</ref>
It has four scrolls located over the frogs representing the agriculture, the commerce and the industry, the Coat of Arms of Albacete and a dedication of the Society of Drinking Waters of Albacete to Dionisio Guardiola. wrought iron lights consists of nine luminaries and nine pendants and the coat of arms of [[Albacete]], [[Castilla-La Mancha]] and [[Spain]].<ref name="La Fuente"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/Albasit/Al47_Sanchez_Fuente.pdf |title=La Fuente de las Ranas, un monumento albaceteño del siglo XX |access-date=2016-03-05 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024232/http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/Albasit/Al47_Sanchez_Fuente.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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