before the construction of the fountain, fresh water had to be delivered in barrels, a door-to-door process that was both inefficient and expensive - after the fountain was installed urban legends began to appear around it, namely that whoever drinks from the middle spout, five in total, will never leave the city.
a lesser known story is that of two star-crossed lovers who met at the fountain and were prohibited from seeing each other by the girl's father - despondent, the boy volunteered to go to war and never returned from the battlefield, and the girl then succumbed to a broken heart - they say that on a clear night with a full moon, the couple's shadows can be seen near the fountain, holding hands.
in săo joăo marcos, northeast of angra, is a truly unique attraction - the first archaeological park of a former city in brazil - like mambucaba, săo joăo marcos has its roots in the colonial era and was a bustling center during the coffee boom, but by the twentieth century its population was in decline.
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