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 Dickeyville Grotto Fountain - Dickeyville, Wisconsin Posted by:  iconions
N 42° 37.630 W 090° 35.669
15T E 697255 N 4722218
This concrete and multi object fountain, with a 13 foot diameter base, is located in the southeast corner of the Dickeyville Grotto Complex - 305 West Main Street in Dickeyville, Wisconsin.
Waymark Code: WM12X8C
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2020
Views: 2
About the Grotto:
The Dickeyville Grotto and Shrines erected in the Village of Dickeyville, Wisconsin on Holy Ghost Parish grounds located at 305 W Main Street are the works of Father Matthias Wernerus, a Catholic Priest, Pastor of the Parish from 1918 to 1931. His handiwork in stone, built from 1925-1930, is dedicated to the unity of two great American ideals-love of God and love of Country. These religious and patriotic shrines were constructed without the use of blueprints.
It is a creation in stone, mortar and bright colored objects-collected materials from all over the world. These include colored glass, gems, antique heirlooms of pottery or porcelain, stalagmites and stalactites, sea shells, starfish, petrified sea urchins and fossils, and a variety of corals, amber glass, agate, quartz, ores, such as iron, copper and lead, fool's gold, rock crystals, onyx, amethyst and coal, petrified wood and moss.
There are several shrines in the Grotto garden. Besides the main shrine (which houses the Grotto of the Blessed Virgin), there is a patriotic shrine, the sacramental shrine of the Holy Eucharist, the Sacred Heart shrine, Christ the King shrine, Fatima shrine, and the Stations of the Cross. These shrines are located in a beautiful floral garden area surrounding the Holy Ghost Church.
- Dickeyville Grotto Website
About the Fountain:
The fountain has a bottom pool base of 13 feet in diameter. It is lined with rough-cut limestone rocks. The central part of the fountain consists of double stacked concave pools resting octagonal bases. The top has eight water jets spouting into the top pool. There is a stone eagle at the top of the fountain. As with the entire grotto, the fountain is covered in all sorts of different types of glass, shells, rocks, broken ceramics, and other sorts of things.
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