{"id":4991,"date":"2021-06-14T16:42:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/swimming-pool\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:42:08","slug":"swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/swimming-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"swimming pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The term <em>birkah<\/em>, from classical Arabic, came to Hispanic Arabic as <em>alb\u00edrka<\/em>.  In our <strong>idiom<\/strong> the notion became <strong>swimming pool<\/strong>: a <strong>Deposit<\/strong> that is constructed artificially for the <strong>water storage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/alberca.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming pool\" width=\"263\" height=\"165\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38065\" align=\"right\"\/>It is a <strong>hydraulic work<\/strong> that can be developed with walls for the creation of the pond or from an excavation in the <strong>land<\/strong>.  In general, its construction obeys the need for irrigation of certain surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>In Spain, specifically in some of its most significant monuments, important pools built in previous centuries can be admired.  Thus, for example, we find them in the Alc\u00e1zares de los Reyes Cristianos de C\u00f3rdoba.  In the gardens you can discover a great variety of pools that are distributed mainly through three terraces and that are surrounded by beautiful plant species.<\/p>\n<p>In the same way, it also happens in the Alhambra in Granada or in the Real Alc\u00e1zar in the city of Seville, for example. <\/p>\n<p>Beyond this use that was originally given to pools, over the years they began to link these <strong>plays<\/strong> to recreation and ornamentation.  Thus the pools were integrated into the gardens.<\/p>\n<p>However, to all the above, we can also add that in some corners of Spain, specifically Andalusia, the term pool is also used to refer to the pools that are built in the farmhouses.  Yes, those that are created to cool off with a bath during the summer season, when temperatures are very high.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, therefore, it is possible to distinguish between various types of pools.  The <strong>irrigation pool<\/strong> It is a small deposit, usually excavated, whose purpose is to allow the irrigation of nearby lands.  The <strong>leisure pool<\/strong>, for its part, is intended for bathing and water games: by extension to this meaning, in various regions to the <strong>swimming pools<\/strong> or pools are called pools.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>ornamental pool<\/strong>On the other hand, it is installed in the center of a garden or patio as a decorative element.  The <strong>distribution pool<\/strong>Finally, it is characterized by its large dimensions since its purpose is the storage of <strong>Water<\/strong> so that it can be used in periods of <strong>drought<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we can mention that <strong>The Z\u00e1ncara Pool<\/strong> (<strong>Castilla la Mancha<\/strong>) Y <strong>Pool of the Towers<\/strong> (<strong>Murcia<\/strong>) are different territorial entities of <strong>Spain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the province of Salamanca there is also a municipality that responds to the name of La Alberca.  It belongs to the Sierra de Francia Region, has about 1,100 inhabitants and is considered to have Visigothic origin.<\/p>\n<p>Although this population is small, we cannot ignore that it has a remarkable series of places of interest for tourists.  Specifically, among those are its great tower, which was paid for by the Dukes of Alba;  the Hermitage of San Marcos from the 18th century;  the Parish Church, also from the 18th century or the Batuecas valley, which is listed as a Site of Cultural Interest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-center kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4991&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;swimming pool&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this post<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term birkah, from classical Arabic, came to Hispanic Arabic as alb\u00edrka.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-definition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}