Fonte dos Granjinhos in Braga is a monument of municipal interest
The Granjinhos fountain, in the city of Braga, ordered to be built by archbishop D. Diogo de Sousa in 1509, is classified as a monument of municipal interest, according to the official notice published in the Official Gazette.
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Signed by the mayor of Braga, Ricardo Rio, the notice states that the classification was approved by the executive on April 2.
Given that the fountain is located in the Urban Rehabilitation Area of the Historic Center of Braga, it was not necessary to create a special protection zone.
The fountain was placed for more than 450 years in the old Rua dos Granjinhos, which connected the current Largo Carlos Amarante to the demolished church of São Lázaro.
In the 1960s, it was transferred to the wall of the courtyard of the chapel of São Sebastião, next to Largo Paulo Orósio, because the expansion works of the hospital collided with the layout of Rua dos Granjinhos.
In March 2016, the fountain was dismantled and moved to the Palácio do Raio, very close to its original location.
It is a rectangular Renaissance fountain.
It bears the coat of arms of Archbishop D. Diogo de Sousa.
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