Located in the José Falcão Square, the old Praça da Palha (Palha Square), was built in 1904, by intervention of the Commission of Pastures. It consists of 2 twin tanks and in its surroundings are 16 stone marks. It served as a municipal washhouse in the first decades of the 20^th century.
It was part of a plan of plumbing, which included the fountain da Cruz - receiving the flow of the same spring - and fountain das Freiras, which was due to António Isidoro de Sousa and his brother Eng. José Fernando de Sousa.
 

REFERENCES
BAIÃO, Francisco, “A união faz a força”, Boletim Municipal do Município de Viana do Alentejo, nº68, Setembro de 2010, pp. 20-21.
ESPANCA, Túlio, Inventário Artístico de Portugal: Distrito de Évora: Concelhos de Alandroal, Borba, Mourão, Portel, Redondo, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Viana do Alentejo e Vila Viçosa, Lisboa, Academia Nacional de Belas-Artes, 1978,Tomo IX, Vol. 1.
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