Samson Fountain (Kiev)

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The Samson figure of the fountain

The Samson Fountain ( Ukrainian Фонта́н Самсо́н ) is one of the oldest fountains and an architectural monument in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

location

The fountain's reconstructed baroque pavilion
The Samson fountain in the Podil coat of arms

The fountain is located on the northern part of Kontraktowa Square in the historic Podil district in front of Hostynyj Dwir .

history

The baroque fountain with a pavilion by the architect Ivan Hryhorowytsch-Barskyj ( Іван Григорович Григорович-Барський ) was built on the square between 1748 and 1749 . In the center of the fountain was a wooden sculpture of an angel with a bowl from which the water flowed, and another angel decorated the roof of the pavilion.

In 1808 the half rotten angel sculpture was replaced by a wooden sculpture Samson , who opens the lion's mouth in the style of so-called "bourgeois classicism ". The pavilion was damaged by the fire in Podil in 1811 , but it was renovated again. In 1934 the entire well was demolished. In 1981–1982, the fountain and pavilion were rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style in preparation for the celebration of the 1500th anniversary of the founding of the city of Kiev . The sculpture was modeled after the original figure in the National Art Museum of Ukraine .

Web links

Commons : Samson Fountain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geo Kiev SAMSON ; accessed on April 3, 2014 (Russian)
  2. ^ Günther Schäfer: Kiev: Tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr . In: City guide (=  Trescher series of trips ). 3. Edition. Trescher Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , pp. 89 ([ limited preview in Google Book search]).
  3. ↑ Samson Fountain on gorodkiev.com ; accessed on April 3, 2014 (Russian)

Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 51 ″  N , 30 ° 31 ′ 1 ″  E