
At the initiative of the journalist Josep Maria Massip, this source was dedicated to the Flemish dancer Carmen Amaya. It was sculpted by Rafael Solanic and was opened by Carmen Amaya herself, on February 14, 1959. The situation corresponds to that of the old Somorrostro shantytown, where the ballerina was born and raised.
In 2011 the fountain and its surroundings were restored, with a ramp to access the square from the Paseig Marítim and the inscription of the name of the fountain beside it
The fountain sculptures depict five naked children, two with a guitar and three dancing in the middle. The neighborhood chaplain did not see well the children naked and Carmen Amaya told them they were angels, and they were always naked. The fountain was inaugurated at the same time as the one on the Paseo Marítimo, which had begun to be built two years earlier.
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