Fonte Luminosa
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.