Dragespringvandet (Dragon Fountain) - Copehagen, Denmark - Fountains on Waymarking.com

The Dragon fountain lies in the Town Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen), probably the busiest, most bustling spot in Copenhagen, and is a significant landmark.

The Dragon Fountain in Copenhagen was made from a model in 1889 and was originally intended for Amagertorv, where Stork Fountain (Storkespringvandet) was installed at last.

In 1904 a bronze basin was erected with decoration inspired by ancient Greek ornamentation in Copenhagen. On the edge of the basin were placed three dragons, all spouting water and rather larger than sketched in the 1889 project. The basin quickly became known as 'the spitoon'.In 1908 the fountain was surrounded by a low, outer basin with a granite edge after a design by celebrated sculptor J. Skovgaard and Bindesbøll, but not until 1923 was the Dragon Fountain completely finished with a bull battling with a dragon.

So as not to squeeze the group at the centre, the three dragons on the edge of the basin were made rather smaller and thus in keeping with the original project. The large dragons are today on the balustrade in front of the Town Hall. At the same time, the outer basin’s granite edge was decorated with six bronze baskets of fruit placed on every other one of the twelve stone consoles. This new version of the spring was inaugurated on 4 June 1923.Vestre Boulevard was widened and altered in 1954 and at the same time had its name changed to H.C. Andersens Boulevard. The entire fountain was moved 25 metres into the square, and the outer granite basin with the bronze baskets was removed. This was set up in Brønshøj Torv in 1973, but removed again in 2001.

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