287 | Jean-Paul Faguet on Institutions and the Legacy of History

2865.004 - 2891.657 Jean-Paul Faguet

So these local institutions in 1539, let's say, and thereafter, are doing important local jobs in terms of provision of potable water. So, for example, in Tunha, which is a second institution, encomienda-based municipality that's founded in Colombia by the Spanish. They basically dig trenches in a canal and they bring potable water from the mountains into a fountain in the middle of town.