Fountain of Plaza Maior - Celanova, Ourense, Galicia, España
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 42° 09.139 W 007° 57.483
29T E 586086 N 4667213
Baroque fountain in Plaza Mayor
Waymark Code: WM1332P
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 09/05/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member prussel
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Plaza Mayor or Plaza León XIII, where the attractive and unique fountain or basin is located , with three bulb trees , two bowls and their corresponding spouts . It was in the Cloister of the Monastery of San Salvador in 1580, after the Confiscation, it was placed in the center of the Square and in 1970 it was moved in front of the door of the Monastery church

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how say this page: (visit link) , "Praza Maior, dominated by a fountain (16th century) that comes from the Cloister of the Processions and from which they say that drinking from the spout that faces north makes you go crazy".
Style: Baroque

Type of building (structure): Baroque fountains

Date of origin:: s. XVI or XVII

Address:
Praza Maior de Celanova


Architect(s): Not listed

Web site of the object (if exists): Not listed

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