Queimado Fountain
The Queimado Fountain is an abandoned fountain in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The fountain is located at the Largo do Queimado, a broad public square, below the Church and Convent of Our Lady of Solitude. The fountain likely dates to the early 19th century and is one of a series of fountains built along the escarpment of the historical center of Salvador. It consists of a broad brick area and glazed tile facade with a triangular pediment. The fountain was listed as a historic structure by the Artistic and Cultural Heritage Institute of Bahia in 1984.
History
The date of construction of the fountain is around 1801. It is one of a system of fountains built across the escarpment of the historical center of Salvador. Few homes in Salvador had private water facilities; entire neighborhoods relied on a single fountain. Alberto Heráclito Ferreira Filho described the public fountains of the colonial period as "noisy places frequented hundreds of people, with the water-bearers, the washerwomen, and their young children." Domingos Rabelo described the fountain on a report of the parish of Santo Antonio Alem do Carmo in 1829. Dom Pedro II and the Empress visited the fountain in 1859. The Companhia do Queimado, a utility company and dam created by the state of Bahia in the mid-19th century, is unrelated to the fountain.The fountain was restored in 1992 under the direction of the architect Paulo Ormindo de Azevedo.