Fonte d’El Rei
Serra de Sintra
Património na área da Paisagem Cultural de Sintra
Fonte com predela em semicírculo, onde predomina a decoração barroca, designadamente as volutas que a encimam, sendo mais alteada a central, ostentando coruchéu. Ali patenteiam-se as armas régias de D. Maria I e inscrição laudatória da sua fundação: Esta fonte denominada de El Rei é do senhor desta Quinta: mandou-a fazer a Câmara da Vila de Sintra em recompensa de outra de boa e antiga arquitectura que tinha pouco mais abaixo que se demoliu quando se mudou esta estrada.
Na base deste fontanário, duas bicas de jarro vertem grossas torrentes de água no trilobado tanque de pedra, que se encontra ladeado por conversadeiras corridas.
FOUNTAIN OF THE KING
Sintra Mountain Range
Heritage in the Cultural Landscape of Sintra
This fountain has a semicircular predella decorated with predominantly baroque motifs, particularly in the form of its surmounting volutes whose central part and spire occupy a more elevated position. It bears the coat-of-arms of Queen Maria I and a laudatory inscription referring to its foundation: This fountain − referred to as Fonte d’ el Rei − belongs to the lord of this estate. It was commissioned by the town council of Sintra by way of compensation for another fountain of old and solid architecture located further down that was demolished when changes were made to the direction of this road.
The base of this fountain has two jug spouts which pour large torrents of water into the trilobate stone tank, which is flanked by stone benches.
