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DBD 12-15-2022: Bath

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DBD 12-15-2022: Bath

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Dec 15, 2022
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The "Baths of Lady María de Padilla" are rainwater tanks beneath the Patio del Crucero in Sevilla. The tanks are named after María de Padilla, the mistress of Pedro the Cruel. Supposedly, Pedro fell for the lady who walked naked through the palace and bathed in this beautiful stone cistern coated in lime. Legend also has it that Pedro I made all those who visited him drink from the water in which Doña María bathed. I mean, who among us…

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