The Fountain of Campo das Hortas ( pt, Chafariz do Campo das Hortas) is a
fountain located in
civil parish of
Sé, municipality of
Braga in
northern
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Portugal.
History
This fountain is an example of the model of fountain seeded throughout the 16th and 17th century Portugal, which was first promoted in 1554 by João Lopes ''o Velho'' (''the Elder'') in Viana do Castelo.
On 8 March 1594, a contract was issued, by Archbishop Agostinho de Jesus for the
Archdiocese of Braga
The Archdiocese of Braga ( la, Archidioecesis Bracarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is known for its use of the Rite of Braga, a use of the liturgy distinct from the Roma ...
, to master-mason Manuel Luis to construct a fountain in the ''Campo de Santa Ana''.
[ There was no indication if the project was completed within the year or pre-defined time.
By the 19th century, the fountain was relocated to the ''Campo das Hortas''.][
In 1910, the crosses of Santa Ana and Campo das Hortas were classified as one national monument.][
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Characteristics
It is implanted in a harmonious location, isolated in the centre of garden space fronting the Arco da Porta Nova
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.[
Built on an octagonal base, it consists of alternating four-steps divided by green-space, with a circular tank at the top of the staircase.][ The circular tank is marked by a column with bowl, decorated in grotesque animals ordered by six spouts, which is repeated in the smaller bowl.][ From the second segment the column is decorated by three sections: the first with six figures at the spouts, the second with the coat-of-arms of Archbishop D. Baltasar Limpo, and the third a cylindrical body decorated with four rounded spirals.][ The top of the spire is decorated with an ]armillary sphere
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and cross in metal.[
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