Font de les Tres Gràcies, Iron fountain in Plaça Reial, Spain

Fuente de las Tres Gracias is a fountain in Plaça Reial composed of a circular pool with a basin supported by six water-spouting masks, topped by the statues of Aglaya, Eufrósine and Talía standing back to back with hands intertwined, and crowned by a smaller upper basin. It was created in 1867 by Antoine Durenne after a design by Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti and installed in 1876 under Antoni Rovira i Trias.

The fountain was cast in 1867 by Antoine Durenne from a design by Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti, copied from a French model made a decade earlier. Antoni Rovira i Trias proposed its installation in Plaça Reial in 1876, replacing a failed monument to Ferdinand the Catholic. In 1892 it was replaced by a luminous jet and moved to the Rambla del Poblenou, returning to the square in 1926 under Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí.

The three female figures represent classical muses and draw conceptually from French artistic traditions. Visitors see statues posed in a classical dance, creating a living connection to 16th-century art history.

The fountain sits in the center of the square and is surrounded by arcades and historic buildings that provide shade. Visitors should know this is an active public space, especially in evenings or on weekends when the square fills with people.

In 1892 the fountain was replaced by a luminous jet and moved to the Rambla del Poblenou; in 1926 Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí, director of Barcelona's Parks and Gardens, had it returned to Plaça Reial. The square's Gaudí-designed lampposts stand nearby.