Fountains of Basel
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Steinenberg 4a
23-Jun-2012
Location:
Steinberg, pedestrian / in the courtyard of the Historical Museum (downstairs, opposite the Carnival Fountain, fountain leaders Reference 34 )
Artist / in:
no details
in operation since:
1706 (figure)
conservation:
no
History / Description:
The sculpture of the fountain was destroyed in 1992 by an act of vandalism. Without the figure looks the fountain, on the edge of a gargoyle is pretty "empty" from. The remains of the figure of Neptune made of red sandstone are stored in the warehouse of the Historical Museum.
Special:
Possibly a copy of the destroyed sculpture is created.
Fountain at 23-Jun-2012 was plain. Sometime about October 2012, a decorative column was added, dated 1706.
10-Nov-2012
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