Kungsparken Fountain - Malmo, Sweden
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dtrebilc
N 55° 36.202 E 012° 59.531
33U E 373507 N 6163765
This classical style fountain is in the Kungsparken (King's Park) in Malmo.
Waymark Code: WMHJ91
Location: Skåne, Sweden
Date Posted: 07/15/2013
Views: 8
Kungsparken is in an area that originally formed part of Malmo castle fortifications.
The area became Malmo's first public park and was landscaped by the Danish landscape architect O Hoegh Hansen. He chose to layout the park in the style of an English Park.
This fountain in the middle of the park is of a classical design and made of cast iron.
The fountain stands at the centre of a shallow pool and stands on a small stone plinth. Standing on the plinth are four cherubs blowing horns from which water flows. Above this is an iron stand supporting a bowl on which stands 2 birds, possibly herons, and from which water cascades into the pool.
Above this is a further bow on which a semi nude woman is standing holding a lantern in her left hand, raised high in the high air, from which the main jet rises vertically.
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