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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">it is a historic fountain that IMHO clearly is decorative</pre>
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<p>In my opinion the fountain is neither historic nor decorative.</p>
<p>It is an old fountain, maybe 100/200 years old, but I don't see
how that could be defined as historic since it has no historic
importance, it's just an old fountain.</p>
<p>I don't think it is decorative, it's a fountain in a small
village which was probably used to refresh people, get water for
cleaning and watering plants. Probably houses around didn't have
running water until recently and this is what they used.<br>
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<p>Probably the division between decorative and utility fountains is
futile since it can be interpreted in many different ways. We
might simply fall back to amenity=fountain when no better
definition is available. The general understanding, as far as I
understood by reading your replies, is that amenity=fountain
refers only to decorative fountains. However, the wiki clearly
states that amenity=fountain refers to any fountain that has some
kind of "recreational" utility.</p>
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<p>A fountain with cultural, decorational or historical
significance or which serves a <b>recreational</b> purpose.
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