Phoenix - Weil am Rhein, BW, Germany - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

This huge statue of a phoenix is located in a pond at the western edge of the park south of Weil am Rhein. The park was originally created for the state horticulture exhibition in 1999 and was then turned into a public park.

The statue was part of the exhibit. It was created by Max Sauk in 1999. It is made of painted steel and has photovoltaic cells on the wings. It is about seven meters high and the wings are about 3.5 meters wide.

Wikipedia about phoenix (visit link) : "It is described as a bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends). It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again. The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the ashes of its old self in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis (literally "sun-city" in Greek). It is said that the bird's cry is that of a beautiful song. The Phoenix's ability to be reborn from its own ashes implies that it is immortal, though in some stories the new Phoenix is merely the offspring of the older one. In very few stories they are able to change into people."

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: Ancient Greek Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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