DeSoto Fountain
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DeSoto Fountain is a historic landmark and fountain surrounded by a traffic circle
in the city of Coral Gables
, Florida
, United States
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It connects with Granada Boulevard to the north and south, Sevilla Avenue to the east and west, and with DeSoto Boulevard to the southwest and northeast.
It is named for the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto
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Traffic circle
A traffic circle or rotary is a type of circular intersection in which traffic must travel in one direction around a central island. In some countries, traffic entering the circle has the right-of-way and drivers in the circle must yield. In many other countries, traffic entering the circle must...
in the city of Coral Gables
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Downtown Miami, in the United States. The city is home to the University of Miami....
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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It connects with Granada Boulevard to the north and south, Sevilla Avenue to the east and west, and with DeSoto Boulevard to the southwest and northeast.
It is named for the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto (explorer)
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi River....
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