Font de Ceres, Fountain in Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

Font de Ceres stands in Plaça de Sant Jordi on Montjuïc, near Josep Llimona's equestrian statue of the saint. A circular basin with several jets supports a column ringed at its base by four dolphins spouting water from their mouths. The column ends in a shell-shaped capital bearing the statue of Ceres, dressed in a tunic and holding ears of wheat.

Created by Celdoni Guixà in 1830, the fountain was first inaugurated in the then independent village of Gràcia, at the current Passeig de Gràcia and Carrer de Provença. During the 1870 Quintas revolt, General Eugenio Gaminde placed his cannons there, complaining that the fountain hindered his strategy, so the city approved its move. On 14 May 1874 it was installed in Plaça Blasco de Garay, now Plaça del Sortidor, in Poble Sec, and in 1918 it was moved to Plaça de Sant Jordi on Montjuïc.

The fountain is dedicated to Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, a fitting choice for its original site in largely rural Gràcia. In the 19th century, Barcelona dedicated several fountains to mythological figures, such as Hercules and Neptune. The goddess wears a tunic and holds wheat ears in her hand.

The fountain stands in Plaça de Sant Jordi, also called Mirador del Llobregat, on Montjuïc, next to Josep Llimona's equestrian statue of the saint. It is reached on foot from the Montjuïc hill paths and the nearby viewpoints; the square is an open public space, so visitors can walk around the circular basin and column freely.

The fountain's popular name, El Surtidor, comes from its jets of water; a square in Poble Sec still bears that name from the years the monument stood there. The figure holds ears of wheat, an attribute of Ceres suited to the rural Gràcia where it was first inaugurated in 1830.