Portaferrisa Fountain in Barcelona
Portaferrissa Fountain
La Rambla, 116
This is a public wall fountain built using stone from Montjuïc and ceramic tiles. The fountain dates from 1680 and it is not known who built it; the tiles date from 1959 and are the work of ceramicist Joan Baptista Guivernau.
The fountain owes its name to one of the gates of the second city wall of Barcelona, the ‘porta Ferriça’ (Ferriça Gate), at the bottom of which a fountain was placed to supply homes with drinking water.
The tiled panel shows groups of people of the city at the bottom of the city walls (which are no longer there) and a clear portrayal of the protective figure of Saint Josep Oriol flying over the city’s entrance gate
Portaferrisa Fountain in Barcelona
Portaferrissa Fountain
La Rambla, 116
This is a public wall fountain built using stone from Montjuïc and ceramic tiles. The fountain dates from 1680 and it is not known who built it; the tiles date from 1959 and are the work of ceramicist Joan Baptista Guivernau.
The fountain owes its name to one of the gates of the second city wall of Barcelona, the ‘porta Ferriça’ (Ferriça Gate), at the bottom of which a fountain was placed to supply homes with drinking water.
The tiled panel shows groups of people of the city at the bottom of the city walls (which are no longer there) and a clear portrayal of the protective figure of Saint Josep Oriol flying over the city’s entrance gate