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A fountain should be first and foremost a place where there's water
served to the public. The concept of "sculptural and/or
decorational" should be just a component of the fountain, depending
on the country/culture. As its historical/heritage value.<br>
In Portugal, where there are thousands of fountains, this is the
norm. Decorational fountains without the use of drinking water are
just a subtype of fountain, because the main use/purpose of the vast
majority is to serve water.<br>
So, if we see fountains in this prism, I believe they are clearly a
necessity. In cities they lost some of their importance, but in
villages and rural areas (80% of the territory) they're still one of
the main features, without which many of them wouldn't have a
consistent source of potable water.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Às 07:05 de 06/02/2020, Martin
Koppenhoefer escreveu:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Do., 6. Feb. 2020 um
10:55 Uhr schrieb Cascafico Giovanni <<a
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Since fountain is intended as "sculptural and/or
decorational", IMHO<br>
amenity=fountain is not consistent. AFAIK object belonging
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"amenity" are in someway necessities. So one day, I hope to
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fountain value removed from amenity tag.</blockquote>
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<div>I would like to reject the idea that something that is
decorational and cultural is not a "necessity" (along these
lines, where do you see place of worship?). Fountains, seem to
fit reasonably well into the amenity concept. Much more than
prisons, grave_yards, hunting stands, grit bins, private
toilets (sic), and many more things to be found in amenity
with some usage: <a
href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity#values"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity#values</a></div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Martin<br>
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