The Fuente de las Américas is the first image that you will see when you will drive through the Calzada tunnel to proceed to the 5th Avenue. It was built to pay tribute to the discoverers of the continent America, particularly to the Admiral Cristobal Colón (Christopher Columbus).

The fountain was designed as part of the construction of the Avenida de las Américas (current 5th Avenue) within the frame of the urbanization project of Miramar, and it was inaugurated in 1924. It is the work of the American architect John Wilson and the Italian sculptor Pietro Manfredi. 

The fountain is placed between the roads that goes into the tunnel and exits from the tunnel

The fountain is made of white marble. Four nereids on each side of the long octagonal body, like caryatids, are holding ponds on their heads. The ponds are in the shape of giant oyster shells from that the water spills into the common pool. In Greek mythology the Nereids are sea nymphs and they often accompany Poseidon, the god of the sea. They symbolize everything related with the sea and water. The national shields of Cuba are placed in the front and back side of the hexagonal body.

Even though it is a fountain, often there is no running water. However, when the water starts to come out from the ponds, the view is magnificent, particularly at night, when the fountain is illuminated.