Interpretation Centre Pablo de Olavide y las Nuevas Poblaciones
Museums and Visitor Centers
Arquillos
Description
It was built between 1946 and 1954, and opened in April 1953, as an infrastructure for the irrigation of the surrounding lands, within the general plans for the colonization of Franco.
The useful capacity of the reservoir is 163 hm ³, although its total capacity is 175 hm ³ this is reduced due to the filling of sediments in the background.
Its main tributary is the Guadalén River, which is born to the south of the Montiel Field and crosses Sierra Morena, also highlighting the contribution of the Dañador and Montizón rivers to the main tributary.
Other smaller tributaries that pour their waters on the swamp, or on the Guadalén River before being repressed, are the streams of Galapagar, Oilla, the Navas, the Herrerías and Madriscal, among others.
