Fuente Zaide
Situada a extramuros de la ciudad, la Fuente Zaide servía de abrevadero junto a la puerta de Priego. Del siglo XV, destaca su frontón labrado con el escudo de los condes de Alcaudete, así como su pilar de cantería surtido por dos leones tallados. Hasta su última reforma, contaba con un popular lavadero que servía a los vecinos del barrio, siendo desde antiguo lugar de encuentro de foráneos y extranjeros como muestra la leyenda que le da nombre. Cuenta esta que en tiempos de frontera, un par de moros esclavos del alcaide del castillo, tras enamorarse deciden escapar juntos, siendo sorprendidos durante su huida en esta fuente donde, defendiendo su libertad, cayó muerto él ante su amada. Aquel era el moro Zaide que dio nombre a la fuente.
Located outside the town walls, next to Puerta de Priego, this fountain was originally used as an animal trough. Dating from the fifteenth century, among its most outstanding features we find its carved pediment, which represents the Counts of Alcaudete’s coat of arms, together with its lion-shaped stonework pillars. It was also used as a public laundry which, from ancient times, constituted a meeting point for both local people and foreigners, as the legend from which it takes its name narrates. According to this legend, during frontier times two Moors, slaves to the governor of the Castle, fell in love and eloped together. Yet, they were discovered in this fountain. While defending their freedom, Zaide, whose name was later given to this fountain, died.