# Contos Fountain

Ouro Preto, Brazil

A public fountain carved from local Itacolomi sandstone in 1745, commissioned by the town senate to bring water to the people. Its Latin inscription thanks the senate for quenching thirst, near the grand Casa dos Contos.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: -20.38722, -43.50528

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