A Gândara é essencialmente uma planície arenosa, mas também tem os seus pequenos acidentes geográficos. No fundo de uma pequeno vale, ao lado de uma ribeira, encontramos uma pequena fonte de água potável, rodeada por vegetação luxuriante, acessível por uma escadaria íngreme, conhecida por "Fonte dos Namorados".
A Fonte dos Namorados localiza-se num canto da Freguesia de Liceia, no Concelho de Montemor-o-Velho, apesar de se situar entre as aldeias do Tojeiro (na Freguesia de Arazede e Concelho de Montemor-o-Velho) e dos Coentros (na Freguesia de Ferreira-a-Nova e Concelho da Figueira da Foz). Singularidades das nossas divisões administrativas!
Na tradição cultural portuguesa que vem de um passado secular conservador, as fontes isoladas sempre foram locais perfeitos de namoro, onde se desenrolaram inúmeros encontros amorosos clandestinos. Para as jovens raparigas solteiras, ir buscar água à fonte com um cântaro era uma necessidade básica familiar nos tempos antigos, mas também o pretexto ideal para uma curta ausência longe da casa dos pais. Nestas fontes se iniciaram muitos amores com finais felizes, por vezes à revelia das convenções sociais e familiares. Mas também aí se desenrolaram histórias com finais trágicos. Ai se essas pedras e essas árvores falassem, as histórias que teriam para contar...
A fonte tem inscrita a data de 1982, mas será certamente a data da reconstrução mais recente, porque muitas destas fontes da Gândara são seculares.
Deixo aqui algumas fotos tiradas em Maio de 2014, durante uma volta de bicicleta. Algumas fotos ficaram bastante desfocadas e tremidas, mas optei por as colocar aqui na mesma, por mostrarem a envolvência vegetal da fonte.
A "Fonte dos Namorados" ("Lovers Fountain"):
At the bottom of a small valley, near a stream, in the middle of the sandy plains of the sub-region of Gândara, there is a small water fountain (of drinking water), accessible by narrow stairs. This fountain is known as "Fonte dos Namorados" ("Lovers Fountain").
In portuguese culture, there is an historical tradition in ancient tales, where the isolated fountains were a place of secret dating, between the girlfriend and his boyfriend. To young single people, go to the fountain to fetching water in a clay pitcher, it was a need in old times, but it was also the ideal pretext to temporarily leave the parents house during a short period of time.
The year of 1982, written in the fountain, is perhaps the year of the last reconstruction, because many of the fountains from this region, are centuries old.
This fountain is located in a corner of the Civil Parish of Liceia (in the Municipality of Montemor-o-Velho), despite being located between the villages of Tojeiro (in the Civil Parish of Arazede and Municipality of Montemor-o-Velho) and Coentros (in the Civil Parish of Ferreira-a-Nova and Municipality of Figueira da Foz). Sometimes, the portuguese administrative subdivisions have odd features...
I present a few pictures of this fountain, who were taken in May of 2014, during a bike ride:
In portuguese culture, there is an historical tradition in ancient tales, where the isolated fountains were a place of secret dating, between the girlfriend and his boyfriend. To young single people, go to the fountain to fetching water in a clay pitcher, it was a need in old times, but it was also the ideal pretext to temporarily leave the parents house during a short period of time.
The year of 1982, written in the fountain, is perhaps the year of the last reconstruction, because many of the fountains from this region, are centuries old.
This fountain is located in a corner of the Civil Parish of Liceia (in the Municipality of Montemor-o-Velho), despite being located between the villages of Tojeiro (in the Civil Parish of Arazede and Municipality of Montemor-o-Velho) and Coentros (in the Civil Parish of Ferreira-a-Nova and Municipality of Figueira da Foz). Sometimes, the portuguese administrative subdivisions have odd features...
I present a few pictures of this fountain, who were taken in May of 2014, during a bike ride:
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