{{short description|Monument in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox monument | name = Chinese Fountain | native_name = | image = Pileta del Parque de la Exposición.jpg | caption = | location = [[Park of the Exhibition]] | mapframe = | designer = {{ill|Gaetano Moretti|it}} | type = [[Fountain]] [[monument]] | material = [[Marble]] and [[bronze]] | begin = {{dts|1921}} | complete = {{dts|1924|07|28}} | open = | dedicated_to = | map_name = | map_text = | map_width = | map_relief = | coordinates = {{coord|-12.06209|-77.03651|format=dms|type:landmark_region:PE|display=inline,title}} }} The '''Chinese Fountain''' ({{langx|es|Fuente China}}), also known as the '''Three Races Fountain''' ({{langx|es|Fuente de las Tres Razas}}) is a [[fountain]] [[monument]] in the [[Park of the Exhibition]] of [[Lima]], Peru.

==Overview== The work has a [[marble]] sculpture at the top, the work of the Italian sculptor Valmore Gemignani, with three characters that represent the fraternity of the [[human races]], the [[White race|white]], the [[Yellow race|yellow]] and the [[Black race|black]], for which it is also called the ''Fountain of the Three Races''.<ref name=munilibro>{{Cite book |title=Centenario: las celebraciones de la Independencia 1921-1924 |last=Casalino Sen |first=Carlota |publisher=[[Metropolitan Municipality of Lima]] |year=2017 |isbn=9789972726156 |location=Lima |pages=58–59 |language=es |url=http://www.biblioteca.munlima.gob.pe/images/munilibros/MUNILIBRO10.pdf |oclc=1126541508 |access-date=2023-02-02 |archive-date=2019-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113193121/http://www.biblioteca.munlima.gob.pe/images/munilibros/MUNILIBRO10.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> On the sides are two allegories that represent the [[Amazon River|Amazon]] and [[Yellow River|Yellow river]]s, made in bronze by the sculptor Ettore Graziosi.{{sfn|Pacheco|2017|p=73}} There are also four representations of the [[Raimondi Stele]] from the [[Chavín culture]].<ref name=munilibro/>

==History== [[File:(Google Arts & Culture) Exhibition Garden. Palm kiosk.png|thumb|left|The kiosk replaced by the fountain.]] In 1921, during the [[History of Peru (1919–1930)|second government]] of [[Augusto B. Leguía]], the [[Centennial of the Independence of Peru]] was celebrated and many colonies of foreign residents decided to grant gifts in the form of monuments to the Peruvian State. The [[Chinese Peruvians|Chinese colony]] joined in by creating a promoting committee led by Santiago Escudero Whu and Aurelio Pow San, important merchants and landowners of [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Chinese]] origin. The gift chosen was a monumental fountain designed by the architect {{ill|Gaetano Moretti|it}}. The work was executed in [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]], in the workshop of Ettore Genovesi.{{sfn|Pacheco|2017|p=73}}

The first stone was laid in 1921 in the space previously occupied by the so-called "Kiosko de las Palmeras".{{sfn|Pacheco|2017|p=24}} The fountain was inaugurated on July 28, 1924.{{sfn|Pacheco|2017|p=73}}

==See also== *[[Chinese Peruvians]] *[[Chinese Arch, Lima]] *''[[Las llamas]]'' *''[[La yunta (sculpture)]]''

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== *{{Cite book |title=Parque de la Exposición. El jardín de Lima |last=Pacheco |first=Juan José |publisher=[[Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima]] |date=2017 |isbn=9789972726156 |language=es |oclc=1126541508}}

{{Lima landmarks}}

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