Fountain de Saint-Georges - Fribourg, Switzerland
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N 46° 48.341 E 007° 09.662
32T E 359687 N 5185212
Fountain de Saint-Georges in Fribourg.
Waymark Code: WMP8G2
Location: Fribourg, Switzerland
Date Posted: 07/19/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Fribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland (Romandy). Its Old City, one of the best maintained in Switzerland, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine.

Like its sister city Bern, Fribourg has preserved its medieval center as a whole that is now one of the largest in Europe. It is located on a spectacular peninsula, surrounded on three sides by the Saane/Sarine river. The architecture of the Old City date primarily from the Gothic period; it was built predominately before the 16th century.

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Erigée sur la place de l'Hôtel de Ville, elle remplace une fontaine qui desservait probablement le château des Zaehringen, ce qui expliquerait le choix du thème du Saint Chevalier.
L'actuelle fontaine, érigée entre 1522 et 1524, est dominée par une colonne supportant le groupe de Saint-Georges à cheval combattant le dragon (1524-1525). Seule sculpture de pierre de cet artiste, exécutée dans un marbre d'Aigle en provenance de Saint-Tryphon, cette oeuvre d'excellente qualité marque la transition entre le gothique et la Renaissance. La figure était originellement dorée. Le bassin octogonal en calcaire de Soleure a été rénové par maitre Joseph Ducrest ; les goulots furent alors fondus par le fondeur Delesève. Joseph Tschupphauser a sculpté la colonne torse et la chapiteau composite en pierre de Neuchâtel, redorés par Gottfried Locher entre 1759 et 1761.

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