Salamanca
Salamanca

Snow Well

1 hour
You can take a guided tour of this space through the programs organized by Turismo de Salamanca
Discover one of the most peculiar and unknown monuments of 18th century Salamanca. Forming part of the structures attached to the Convent of Carmen Calzado de San Andrés, known as the ‘Escorial salmantino’ for its large dimensions and arduous architectural style, we find the Well of Snow, an amazing construction in which our ancestors stored and preserved the snow they brought on mules from the mountains of France and Béjar to turn it into ice, which they then took advantage of to make ice cream or sorbets, as a preservative or for therapeutic purposes.
Encontraremos un espectacular pozo de más de siete metros de profundidad cubierto por una bóveda de pizarra. Pero no solo eso, también podremos admirar parte de la antigua muralla medieval de Salamanca, las caballerizas y tenadas del convento, parte de la torre nordeste del complejo… Y sobre todo, las misteriosas galerías subterráneas, de origen y función inciertos, que sumergen al visitante en lo ignoto de las profundidades de la tierra.
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