Los qanats de la Hoya de Baza

The Hoya de Baza stands out for having several undergroundgalleries that, in some cases, were designed as qanāt-s. Theyusually have small dimensions and were built for differentpurposes. They are often dug in soft marls areas, withoutmaintenance and shoring structures, thus their extreme fragilitythat risked them to completely quickly disappear after remainingabandoned and disused. We have had the possibilityto meet one of its last masons, though it is a technology thatgoes back a long time ago, and some might have be plannedoriginally in al-Andalus times.