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(fr. de Borba (Matriz)) Évora (distrito) Alentejo Avenida do Povo |
Fonte das BicasBicas Fountain |
1781 |
Monumental fountain built in 1781 and dedicated to Queen Maria I and het King Consort Pedro III. It includes a marble tower like structure with a large royal coats-of-arms,
 Front: Coat of arms of Portugal |
 Back: Coat of arms of ? |
a relief portrait of Queen Mary I in a guirlande and on both sides bust of a man and a woman, representing the both sexes and the equality of man and woman for the crown (these busts were stolen in 2009, the man's bust seems to be replaced by a new one). - According to Patromonio Cultural the busts show Queen Mary I and King Pedro III (which is unlikely since the man has beard and Pedro III didn't). At the back of the fountain is an artifical lake.
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 Queen Mary I |
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The fountain was designed José Álvares de Barros and made the sculptors António Franco Painho and one of the brothers Velez, an artist from Borba.
Imperantibus fidelis |
In the reign of our most faithful Queen Mary, the first of the name with our Most Reverend King Pedro III, obtained royal approval and under the auspices and protection of the illustrous Viscount of Lourinhã, the most blessed governor of this province, to construct this copious fountain and magnificent work, in which the grandeur and royal beneficence, the power and the affection of the protector, the activity and zeal of the councilmen, and the utility and honor of the people shine and shine (at first sight). For this reason, in a signal of perpetual gratitude, he had this memory memorized in the year of the Lord 1781 |
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