Chafariz D'El Rei

Old Fountain, Now Sculpture

While walking back to our cruise ship, we passed this ancient fountain, which is now a stone sculpture wall decorated with beautiful flowers. A clear vestige of the past.

Previously a fountain to supply water to Alfama residents

This fountain was built around the 12th century. It was to supply water to the fishing neighborhood of Alfama. The fountain previously had six spouts in the form of animal heads, each intended for ...

Si vous avez du temps en rab

Le monument est joli oui, mais je ne crois pas qu'il mérite de se déplacer exprès pour le voir. Si vous êtes à proximité allez le voir sinon ne rallongez pas le parcours spécialement pour ça.

Ancient fontan.

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Beautiful and ancient Arabic fontan, inserted on the face of a very beautiful building, we are in the Alfama area two steps from the river and water, all this together makes the ...

Monumentale ma non funziona più

Risale al XIII secolo e sembra che sia stata la prima fontana pubblica della città; l'odierno aspetto classico è dovuto però agli interventi ottocenteschi. E' una grande fontana murale, in quanto è co...