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{{Expand Portuguese|topic=struct|date=April 2011|Chafariz da Colher}} |
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[[File:Chafariz da Colher (II).jpg|right|250px]] |
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| name = Fountain of Colher |
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'''Chafariz da Colher''' is a fountain in [[Porto]], [[Portugal]]. |
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| native_name = Fonte da Colher |
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| other_name = Fountain of the Spoon |
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| category = [[Fountain]] |
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| native_category = Fonte |
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| image = Miragaia-Fonte da Colher-W.jpg |
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| image_caption = The ''Fonte da Colher'' underneath the veranda of a residence on ''Rua Nova da Alfândega'' |
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| image_size = 235 |
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| official_name = Fonte da Colher/Chafariz da Colher |
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| etymology = Unit of measure used for the collection of tribute; the ''colher'' or ''spoon'' |
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| etymology_type = Named for |
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| flag = |
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| country = {{flag|Portugal}} |
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| state_type = Region |
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| state = [[Norte Region, Portugal|Norte]] |
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| region_type = Subregion |
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| region = [[Grande Porto Subregion|Greater Porto]] |
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| district = [[Porto (district)|Porto]] |
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| municipality = [[Porto Municipality|Porto]] |
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| location = [[Miragaia (Porto)|Miragaia]] |
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| elevation = 25 |
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| prominence = |
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| lat_d = 41 |
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| lat_m = 8 |
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| lat_s = 37.28 |
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| lat_NS = N |
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| long_d = 8 |
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| long_m = 37 |
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| long_s = 17.04 |
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| long_EW = W |
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| length_orientation = Southwest-Northeast |
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| width_orientation = Northwest-Southeast |
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| author_type = Architects |
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| author = <nowiki>unknown</nowiki> |
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| style = [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] |
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| style1 = [[Mannerist architecture|Mannerism]] |
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| material = Granite |
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| material1 = Iron |
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| established = [[floruit|fl.]] 1491 |
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| established_type = Origin |
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| established1 = c. 1629 |
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| established1_type = Initiated |
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| established2_type = Completion |
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| public = Public |
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| access = ''Rua da Miragaia'' |
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| free = [[IGESPAR|Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico]] |
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| free_type = Management |
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| free1 = [[Porto|Câmara Municipal de Porto]] |
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| free1_type = Operator |
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| free3 = '''''Property of Public Interest''''' |
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| free3_type = Status |
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| free4 = Decree 28/536; DG66, 22 March 1938<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.dre.pt/pdf1s/1938/03/06600/05860587.pdf |title=Portaria 8:957, 9 Repartiação da Direcção Geral da Contabilidade Geral |publisher=Diário da República |pages=586 |volume=Série I |issue=6 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |date=22 March 1938 |language=Porutguese}}</ref> |
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| free4_type = Listing |
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| map_size = 235 |
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| map_caption = Location of the fountain in the municipality of [[Sintra Municipality|Sintra]] |
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| commons = Chafariz da Colher |
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The '''Fountain of Colher''' ({{lang-pt|Fonte da Colher}}), is a [[fountain]] in the [[freguesia|civil parish]] of [[Miragaia (Porto)|Miragaia]], in the [[concelho|municipality]] of [[Porto Municipality|Porto]], under the level of the ''Rua Nova da Alfândega''. |
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==History== |
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{{Porto}} |
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[[File:Chafariz da Colher (II).jpg|170px|left|thumb|The fountain of Colhar as seen along the corner of the buildings in ''Rua Nova da Alfândega'']] |
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Although it had an inscription from 1629, it is likely the construction dates earlier, because in the District Archive of Porto, a registry document in Sé (Livro LXXIX das Sentenças, 1491, p.151) referred to a conditional contract for 300 [[Portuguese real|réis]], imposed on all homes in Miragaia.<ref name="SIPA">{{cite web |url=http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=496 |title=Fonte da Colher (n.PT011312080021)|publisher=SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico |editor=SIPA |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=Portuguese|first=Isabel |last=Sereno |first2=Paulo |last2=Nóe |year=1997 |accessdate=3 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="IGESPAR">{{cite web|url=http://www.igespar.pt/en/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/73007/ |title=Chafariz da Colher |editor=IGESPAR |accessdate=3 June 2012 |year=2011 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |publisher=IGESPAR-Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |language=Portuguese}}</ref> |
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The name of the fountain came from the imposed collection of payment for the waters. ''Colher'' is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for ''spoon'', which was the measure of payment for all goods sold in Porto (bread, flour, walnuts, etc.), which arrived by land or river.<ref name=SIPA/> The products that arrived by land were paid as tribute at the gate of the Sé to the bishop. Those that arrived by river and normally sold at the fair near the Miragaia shipyards were paid at the fountain.<ref name=SIPA/> The merchants, for each [[alqueire]] of product, was required to pay on ''colher'' (''spoon'') of tribute.<ref name=SIPA/> |
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The waters of the fountain was considered one of the better quality sources.<ref name=SIPA/> It is believed that the fountain was one of the oldest, still functioning, structures in the city of Porto. The municipal council tried to appropriate the water from this fountain, ordering the inscription in granite: ''"A água desta Fonte é somente da Sidade"'' (''The water of this fountain is solely of the city'').<ref name=SIPA/> |
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With the opening-up of the ''Rua Nova da Alfândega'' around 1871, the fountain began to exist under the level of the road, and almost lost in a corner of the buildings.<ref name=SIPA/><ref name=IGESPAR/> This was done to facilitate the access to building and new customhouse in Porto. |
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In 1940, there were efforts by the municipality of Porto to restore and recuperate the fountain.<ref name=SIPA/><ref name=IGESPAR/> |
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==Architecture== |
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[[File:Chafariz da Colher - detalhe.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Sculpted detail below the veranda]] |
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The fountain abuts the main floor of a residence, underneath a [[veranda]], which also doubled as covering/awning. It is alongside the western wall of the ''Largo da Alfândega'' and oriented towards the support wall of the ''Rua Nova da Alfândega''.<ref name=SIPA/> |
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On either side of the fountain are two ribbed [[pilaster]]s that extend into the [[corbel]]s of the veranda. Between these pilasters are five granite slabs, with the iron waterspout located in the second slab.<ref name=SIPA/> Another exit point is along the pavement in granite, which takes the form of a small semi-circular pillar.<ref name=SIPA/> The pavement of the fountain, in granite, is relative to the ''Rua de Miragaia'', three steps above the fountain.<ref name=SIPA/> |
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Between the corbels, and below the veranda, is an inscription slab, with the words ''"Loubado seja o Santíssimo Sacramento e a Puríssima Conceição da Virgem Nossa Senhora, concebida sem pecado original - 1629"'' (''Exaulted is the Holy Sacrament and Pure Conception of the Our Virgin Lady, conceived without original sin (1629)'').<ref name=SIPA/> |
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==References== |
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* {{citation |title=Porto a Património Mundial |publisher=Câmara Municipal do Porto |location=Porto, Portugal |year=1993 |language=Porutguese}} |
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* {{citation |editor=IPPAR |publisher=Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico| title=Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico Classificado |volume=II |location=Lisbon, Portugal |year=1993 |langugage=Portuguese}} |
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* {{citation |last=Quaresma |first=Maria Clementina de Carvalho |title=Inventário Artístico de Portugal |publisher=Cidade do Porto |location=Lisbon, Portugal |year=1995 |language=Portuguese}} |
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* {{citation |last=Silva |first=Germano da |title=Fontes e Chafarizes do Porto |location=Porto, Portugal |year=2000 |language=Portuguese}} |
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Revision as of 11:17, 3 June 2012
Template:Geobox The Fountain of Colher (Template:Lang-pt), is a fountain in the civil parish of Miragaia, in the municipality of Porto, under the level of the Rua Nova da Alfândega.
History
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Although it had an inscription from 1629, it is likely the construction dates earlier, because in the District Archive of Porto, a registry document in Sé (Livro LXXIX das Sentenças, 1491, p.151) referred to a conditional contract for 300 réis, imposed on all homes in Miragaia.[1][2]
The name of the fountain came from the imposed collection of payment for the waters. Colher is Portuguese for spoon, which was the measure of payment for all goods sold in Porto (bread, flour, walnuts, etc.), which arrived by land or river.[1] The products that arrived by land were paid as tribute at the gate of the Sé to the bishop. Those that arrived by river and normally sold at the fair near the Miragaia shipyards were paid at the fountain.[1] The merchants, for each alqueire of product, was required to pay on colher (spoon) of tribute.[1]
The waters of the fountain was considered one of the better quality sources.[1] It is believed that the fountain was one of the oldest, still functioning, structures in the city of Porto. The municipal council tried to appropriate the water from this fountain, ordering the inscription in granite: "A água desta Fonte é somente da Sidade" (The water of this fountain is solely of the city).[1]
With the opening-up of the Rua Nova da Alfândega around 1871, the fountain began to exist under the level of the road, and almost lost in a corner of the buildings.[1][2] This was done to facilitate the access to building and new customhouse in Porto.
In 1940, there were efforts by the municipality of Porto to restore and recuperate the fountain.[1][2]
Architecture
The fountain abuts the main floor of a residence, underneath a veranda, which also doubled as covering/awning. It is alongside the western wall of the Largo da Alfândega and oriented towards the support wall of the Rua Nova da Alfândega.[1]
On either side of the fountain are two ribbed pilasters that extend into the corbels of the veranda. Between these pilasters are five granite slabs, with the iron waterspout located in the second slab.[1] Another exit point is along the pavement in granite, which takes the form of a small semi-circular pillar.[1] The pavement of the fountain, in granite, is relative to the Rua de Miragaia, three steps above the fountain.[1]
Between the corbels, and below the veranda, is an inscription slab, with the words "Loubado seja o Santíssimo Sacramento e a Puríssima Conceição da Virgem Nossa Senhora, concebida sem pecado original - 1629" (Exaulted is the Holy Sacrament and Pure Conception of the Our Virgin Lady, conceived without original sin (1629)).[1]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Sereno, Isabel; Nóe, Paulo (1997). SIPA (ed.). "Fonte da Colher (n.PT011312080021)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ a b c IGESPAR, ed. (2011). "Chafariz da Colher" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: IGESPAR-Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- Sources
- Porto a Património Mundial (in Porutguese), Porto, Portugal: Câmara Municipal do Porto, 1993
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- IPPAR, ed. (1993), Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico Classificado, vol. II, Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico
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- Quaresma, Maria Clementina de Carvalho (1995), Inventário Artístico de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Cidade do Porto
- Silva, Germano da (2000), Fontes e Chafarizes do Porto (in Portuguese), Porto, Portugal
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