Herkulova kašna / Hercules Fountain - Olomouc (Central Moravia)
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Baroque Hercules Fountain (Herkulova kašna), one of seven magnificent Olomouc' Baroque fountains, is located in the front of Olomouc Town Hall in Horní námestí (Upper Square).
Waymark Code: WMH0E8
Location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/02/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Dáin & Olík
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Baroque Hercules Fountain (Herkulova kašna), one of seven magnificent Olomouc' Baroque fountains, is located in the front of Olomouc Town Hall in Horní námestí (Upper Square).

The Hercules Fountain is decorated with a statue of Hercules of larger-than-life size with a club in his right hand and situated on a stone pillar in the middle of the basin. The hero holds a chequered eagle in his left hand, a symbol of the town, protecting it from a seven-headed hydra. The fountain is a work of sculptor Michael Mandík from Gdansk and Olomouc' stone-master Václav Schüler.

Style: Baroque

Type of building (structure): Baroque fountains

Date of origin:: 1687-1688

Architect(s): Michael Mandík and Václav Schüler

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Address:
Horní náměstí 779 11 Olomouc Czech Republic
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