It is located a short distance west of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne (Portuguese: Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento e Sant'Ana), also completed in the 18th century.

The Senate of the Chamber of Salvador expropriated land belonging to Sergeant Major José Batista de Carvalho in 1724 to build a road to connect the fountain to the historic center of Salvador; the road remains as the Rua do Gravatá.

[4]The Santa Casa da Misericordia of Salvador claimed ownership of the fountain and its surrounding property in 1846; it lost the case in a court heard by municipal authorities.

[2] Water testing was performed in the fountain in 2015 and it was found to be crystalline, with a moderate, continuous flow.

The catchment basin is shallow and slightly below the street level; the fountain has a decantation tank to regulate water flow.