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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: February 23, 2018
Caption:
The previous Verdolagas Fountain Marker | Additional Description: This marker was replaced soon after February 2018. It read:
Fuente de las VerdolagasSe construyó a iniciativa del Ayuntamiento y fue inaugurada el 18 de marzo de 1897. Está fabrícada en cantera y mampostería; arriba del arco de mediopunto, hacia el exterior, está la cabeza de un perro y arriba una cornisa en cuya parte superior
apreciamos un remate en forma piramidal. El techo esta sostenido por vigas de madera. Don Bernardino
Rodríguez donó el terreno para su construcción, sobre la antigua calle de las Verdolagas.
English:
Verdolagas FountainThis fountain was built at the initiative of the Town Council and was inaugurated on March 18, 1897. It is made of stone and masonry. Above the midpoint arch, facing outwards, is the head of a dog and above it there is a cornice in whose top part can be seen a pyramid-shaped cap. The roof is supported by wooden beams. Don Bernardino Rodriguez donated the land for its construction, on the long-established Calle de las Verdolagas.
Submitted: February 26, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p417614
File Size: 5.067 Megabytes
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