Reservatório da Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras
The Reservatório da Mãe d’Água das Amoreiras is the “cup” that gathers the waters of the Águas Livres aqueduct, and it is now one of EPAL’s four Museu da Água nuclei in Lisbon. Work on the reservoir was first designed in 1745, under the direction of Carlos Mardel, the Hungarian architect who (in Lisbon) worked on the project until his death in 1763. Although it began in the Jardim das Amoreiras, the reservoir was not completed until 1834, with the final covering finished during the reign of D. Maria II. Mardel’s plan was shaped by political and urban decisions associated with the Marquês de Pombal, including the demolition of some houses and the terracing of the site. Attached to the reservoir is the Casa do Registo, from which key distribution galleries of the Águas Livres depart, including those named do Loreto and da Esperança. …
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