Memories of Stone and Water

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Hidden On: 07 Dec 2003
Waypoint (Landmark): N00C9D
Open Cache:  Personal use only
Cache type:  Multi-Part
Cache size:   Normal

Difficulty:  (moderate)
Terrain:  (easy)

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Introduction:  

"The public fountains in the city of Lisboa were not merely running water. They were, above all, places to pause and ponder. Close by one could see both old people warming themselves in the sun and children in the colourful spectacle of their play. In the water that flowed from each public fountain the history of a street, a quarter, a whole city was told."

The complete text I've prepared, can be read here.

The hunt:

With this cache, I wanted to heat your feet and your head. Have fun!

Notes: 

• This cache can be very easy or very difficult to find: It depends on the number of persons around the cache place. It may be another challenge. Please be discrete. 
• This cache needs a lot of time to find (at least 4 hrs)  - it may be necessary to go, to the final spot, at night or in the morning before the chickens wake up. You may consider to visit all the spots to collect data during the day and, the cache site, at night or the next day very early in the morning. 
• The several spots, necessary to collect the data to find the cache, can be visited in any order. However, I'm supplying some itineraries made / drawn using this fine website: Mapas Lisboa. 

• In some places it is difficult to park if you decide to go by car.  So, for;

  • P1 and P2, park near P2 at Largo do Terreiro do Trigo
  
  
  • P3, park near Rua da Alfandega at N 38 42.491 W 09 07.930
  • P5 and P6 consider parking in the underground parking in Praça Luís de Camões at  N 38 42.627  W 09 08.611
  • P8 consider parking near the confluence of Largo do Rato and Rua Alexandre Herculano
• Coordinates acquisiton conditions, can be found here.
• You may have this .gtm File it has all coords. (well... almost all...) To open it, you'll need GPS Track Maker.
• If you decide to go by car, please be aware of traffic.
• Related cache: The Aqueduct

Cache Content:

• Logbook, stash note, pen.
• More documentation, including a map and a list of the 42 fountains referred in the complete text.
• Some nice gifts (one of them should be exchanged by a card I left in the cache).

Don't forget:
"Cache in, trash out" 

Clues:    decode

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