Arroyo Fountain was built in 1927 after a law that established the Iloilo Metropolitan Waterworks in September 16, 1925. The site of the structure was where the original flagpole of the
old Provincial Capitol used to stand. The fountain is a sculpture composed of originally four naked
Grecian icon muses holding overhead a large basin that is overflowing with water gushing from a spout at the top and flowing down to gather in a larger collective basin. However, in 1929, at the insistence of the Roman Catholic Church, the naked muses were later "clothed" in flowing garments and underwent re-sculpting to appear as what the statues look like today. In modern times, the fountain still stands in the middle of the road, serving as a roundabout for vehicles coming to and from the different districts of the city. In December 2022, it was declared by the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), together with the Casa Real de Iloilo, as an Important Cultural Property (ICP), as the fountain undergone rehabilitation. == References ==