Tanque La Unión

Tanque La Unión is recognizable by its long, yellow neoclassical arches and the large, open-air stone basins that sit at their base. Inaugurated on February third, eighteen fifty-three, this site was built as a public utility to provide residents with a central place to wash their clothing. For generations, women gathered here daily at the thirty-one individual washing stations to scrub fabric and share news.