The building now houses a Sanborns restaurant in a covered courtyard around a Moorish fountain.

At that time there was a meeting at Mojácar's Moorish fountain, where a pact of free association between the local Moors, Jews and Christians was agreed.

According to The New York Times, DeMille used set craftsmen to construct "the phantasmagorial sense of architectural detail at El Cabrillo, which includes a central outdoor Moorish fountain, timbered ceilings, Catalina tile work, swashbuckling wrought-iron hardware and scaled-down versions of Citizen Kane-like carved concrete fireplaces in each apartment."

The following morning, I stood next to a moss-covered Moorish fountain, shaded by pepper trees, and admired the regal facade of Mission Santa Barbara, with its tall pink columns.

Set craftsmen were reputedly responsible for the phantasmagorial sense of architectural detail at El Cabrillo, which includes a central outdoor Moorish fountain, timbered ceilings, Catalina tile work, swashbuckling wrought-iron hardware and scaled-down versions of Citizen Kane-like carved concrete fireplaces in each apartment.

In the centre was the dry basin of an old Moorish fountain, under which the priest requested him to form a small vault, bricks and mortar being at hand for the purpose.

Passing through several empty halls and chambers, he entered an inner court, where his eye was caught by an old Moorish fountain.

Out front, an elegant 1808 Moorish fountain now stands as an evocative garden ornament in a grove of ancient pepper trees (a South American native).

The illuminated Moorish fountain in the cinema foyer contained goldfish.

Onde la Mer was a mood piece, a low rippling spread along the cliff, a departure from the massive Protestant manor houses, a cloud misting in and out of the levels with a central Moorish fountain and graceful archways.