Ribeirão Fountain, Colonial fountain in Historic Center, São Luís, Brazil.
The Ribeirão Fountain features a large courtyard with ashlar stones, three barred windows, and five carved stone frowns with bronze water spouts.
The fountain was built in 1796 under Lieutenant Colonel Fernando António Soares de Noronha to improve water supply and sanitation in São Luís.
The fountain structure displays both pagan and Christian symbols, including a stone Neptune statue and a dove on its sky-blue pediment.
Located between Rua do Ribeirão and Rua dos Afogados streets, the fountain contains underground galleries that extend two meters in width and height.
Underground passages beneath the fountain connect to a network of tunnels that priests used to move between different churches in São Luís.
Location: São Luís
Address: Rua do Ribeirão, S/N - Centro, São Luís - MA, 65010-560
GPS coordinates: -2.52805,-44.30201
Latest update: May 15, 2025 11:57
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