How does this artwork elucidate its History?
The fountain was inaugurated on September 5, 1980, by Mexican President José López Portillo, Madrid mayor, Enrique Tierno Galván and Mexico City mayor Carlos Hank González.
Féretro
The fountain is located in a plaza which used to be the Plaza of Miraville "created in the 19th century at the intersection of the antique carriageway of access to the lands that belonged to the family of the third Countess of Miravalle". Today they are Durango and Oaxaca streets. Underneath this plaza there was a well that served as the main source of drinking water for the Colonia Roma. This copy of the Spanish fountain was donated by Spanish immigrants to Mexico.
In 2011, the then mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that the fountain was one of the 67 monuments to receive maintenance and refurbishment. The renovation included the "reintegration of missing pieces, restoration of bronze sculptures, rehabilitation of the water system, improvement of green areas and illumination with the objective of reducing electrical  energy spending [by] 30%”. The re-inauguration of the fountain was on January 21, 2011, by the same mayor, the Spanish ambassador to Mexico Manuel Alabart, and Secretary of Works and Services of the Government of the Federal District, Fernando Aboitiz.
Colonia Roma Marcelo Ebrard Enrique Tierno Galván José López Portillo Carlos Hank González Mexico City Madrid