1728
Tomás de Almeida, 1st Patriarch of Lisbon, hired the services of the famous Italian architect António Canevari to build the Santo Antão do Tojal aqueduct, an important example of Baroque architecture. It is recalled that the architect in question was part of the first team sponsored by King D. João V responsible for the construction of the Águas Livres Aqueduct. The Aqueduct of Santo Antão do Tojal is about two kilometers long with an underground segment near its source in Pintéus, and a section uncovered with simple arches upon thick pillars. This construction aimed mainly to feed the magnificent Fountain-Palace, centrepiece of the project that Canevari designed for the entire square at the request of the 1st Patriarch.
(image – Lisbon Municipal Archives)