Fonte Luminosa

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Fonte Luminosa (2014)

The Fonte Luminosa is a monumental fountain in the Portuguese capital Lisbon .

history

The fountain system was built between 1939 and 1943 in the Alto do Pina district and forms the eastern end of the Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques . Its construction was to commemorate the completion of the Tagus Canal .

The construction was carried out by the two architects Carlos and Guilherme Rebelo de Andrade . The central fountain figures were created by Diogo de Macedo , the statues of women on the edge of the pool by Maximiniano Alves .

Web links

  • Fonte Luminosa in the Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico (Portuguese)

Coordinates: 38 ° 44 '14.4 "  N , 9 ° 7' 49.7"  W.