Peirene Fountain in Ancient Corinth

Corinth, Greece

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Material: Limestone, marble, and brickwork
Date range: Archaic period (6th century BC) through Roman renovations (2nd century AD)

The Peirene Fountain was steeped in religious mythology, believed to be the spot where the nymph Peirene dissolved into tears of grief for her son, becoming the spring itself. It was also famously associated with the hero Bellerophon, who was said to have captured the winged horse Pegasus while it drank from these sacred waters.

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The ruins of the Peirene Fountain with arched chambers and marble columns in Ancient Corinth

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Source:  Greece