The Arroyo Fountain is situated in front of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol building and its presence is more than just being a plain fountain. Is it there to simply add a dramatic effect to the entire view, with the capitol building as its background? Of course, not. This beautiful landmark was so carefully placed to be the starting gauge or the kilometer-zero of the city in order to determine the distance of one point from the city proper or wherever you are in Panay island. However, that’s just half of the story. The fountain’s most prominent feature are the four fountain ladies carrying a basin, one facing North, another South, one East, and the other, West. What is interesting with them is that they used to be a lot sexier, with a rather beautiful and detailed curves, and their breasts exposed. Unfortunately, way back then, there was no institute to officially determine between what is obscene and what is not. Not even a council to look up to whenever a certain piece’s artistic value is in question or is being put to the test. Iloilo City, like most of the cities in the Philippines was virtually attached to its people’s faith and religion, which is Catholicism. It cannot be denied, however, that at that time, priests words, or even opinions, forms part of the religion. So, in other words, going against the priest, you go against religion, going against religion, you go against God. Plain and simple, no one wants to go to hell. So, the church went for the kill and persuaded the local government to make them less-vulgar, and then, eventually, the sculptors complied. So, one can see now, that these ladies are no longer half-naked, but I think it paid the price of losing its artistic personality, not to mention the ladies’ flat chests.