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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: October 27, 2015
Caption:
Fountain of the atrium of the Temple of San Francisco | Additional Description: This fountain is just north of the temple, within its gated atrium area. A nearby sign (removed in 2018) read:
Fuente del atrio del Templo de San Francisco, Antigua y hermosa construcción, muy franciscana por lo sencillo de su fabricación, en cantera gris, tonel pretil hacia fuera; las piedras están unidas en la parte superior con grapas de fierro. Al centro luce una curiosa columna que sostiene extendida taza con vertor, a cuyos costados oriente y poniente tiene figuras estilizadas que semejan peces, por cuyas bocas cae el agua hacia la fuente.
English:
An old and beautiful construction, very Franciscan by the simplicity of its manufacture, in gray stone, guardrail butt facing outward; the stones are joined in the upper part with iron cramps. In the center, it displays a curious column holding an outstretched cup with pourer, whose east and west sides have stylized figures resembling fish, through whose mouths the water falls into the fountain.
Submitted: November 6, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p337205
File Size: 1.583 Megabytes
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