Fonte Nova

Renaissance fountain built in 1589. It was formerly known as João Durão, due to a carved figure of a man that there existed. It consists of a square plan with Tuscan columns, a pyramidal dome cover semiesférica, two cocks and a water trough for animals.

Contacts


Avenida Engenheiro António Maria Fernandes
6420,Trancoso

    Characteristics


  • Fountains, Springs & Aqueducts
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Monuments near Fonte Nova

Cruzeiro do Senhor da Boa Morte


Manueline cruise with a porch, two steps, hexagonal and octagonal pillar, at the top, a cross with oitavada section rods. The porch consists of four Tuscan col…

Capela de Santa Eufêmia


Baroque chapel of hexagonal plan with coverage in six roof water. It was built in 1776 by the friars of the convent of San Francisco, initially with the invoca…

Capela de Santa Luzia


Chapel of longitudinal plant consisting of a nave and a chancel, with differentiated coverage on gable roof. Highlight the arched portals full and broken arch,…

Casa dos Arcos


Composite plant in building uneven U with two floors and with differentiated three roofed covers waters. The main façade is framed by two pilasters between whi…

Casa Quinhentista com Balcão / Quartel General de Beresford


House probably built between the sixteenth and the early seventeenth century, consisting of a trapezoidal plan that forms a single volume with two floors and r…

Casas Porticadas ou com Alpendre de Mercado


Set of two vernacular houses with porch, market composed of a narrow and deep rectangular plan with two floors. It is not known the date of construction, assum…

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