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El-Rei Fountain
Built during the 13th century, during the reigns of King Afonso III and King Dinis, it was the first public fountain in the city of Lisbon, with water piped from the spring to spouts outside the so-called Cerca da Moura, enabling the supply of ships on the Carreira da Índia (the annual sea route between Lisbon and Goa established after Vasco da Gama's voyage to India).
Each of the nine spouts was for the exclusive use of a social group, dividing people by gender, race and status, highlighting the social divisions of the time.
The fountain, which still exists today, is evidence of the presence of black people (enslaved and free) in Portugal at the time.