Like its neighbor, the Neveros fountain, it is one of the best preserved among the oldest of the 20th century in the Casa de Campo, in addition to having one of the most original and differentiated designs. Erected during the Second Republic as part of the series of drinking water fountains started after the public opening of the park to the people of Madrid in 1931, it is located on the shores of the lake in the surroundings of the “kiosks” of the southeast perimeter, next to the stream Meaques and the Lago metro, linking up with one of the essential arteries of the Casa de Campo, substantially parallel to the course of the aforementioned stream on its eastern edge. Like the rest, it has maintained the essential features of its original design, coming to commemorate, from its casual and groundbreaking layout, the liberating spirit of the new times under the wing of the Republic. Built in 1934, it is linked both to the memory of the place and to the present of the park on the revitalized shores of the lake.
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