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Fountain Park

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Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Fountain Park
Hours:
Sunday12am - 12am
Monday12am - 12am
Tuesday12am - 12am
Wednesday12am - 12am
Thursday12am - 12am
Friday12am - 12am
Saturday12am - 12am


The Fountain of Youth is a spring that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted across the world for thousands of years, appearing in writings by Herodotus , the Alexander romance , and the stories of Prester John . Stories of similar waters were also evidently prominent among the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean during the Age of Exploration , who spoke of the restorative powers of the water in the mythical land of Bimini. The legend became particularly prominent in the 16th century, when it was attached to the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, first Governor of Puerto Rico. According to an apocryphal combination of New World and Eurasian elements, Ponce de León was searching for the Fountain of Youth when he traveled to what is now Florida in 1513. The legend says that Ponce de León was told by Native Americans that the Fountain of Youth was in Bimini and it could restore youth to anyone.
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