Bird water fountain

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Bird drinking fountain in Vienna's city park

The bird bath fountain or the bird bath in the part of the Vienna City Park in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City , is one of six fountains in this park.

description

The sculptor Mario Petrucci created the bird bath near the Johann Strauss Sohn monument in 1953 .

On a small base, which is intended to represent a rock, there are three of bronze -made penguins . Opposite them, on a small island in the pool, sits another smaller penguin, which, like the larger one , acts as a gargoyle .

See also

literature

  • DEHIO Vienna - I. District Inner City . Berger, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 .
  • Josef Donner: The spring jumps up - water in the cityscape - A Viennese fountain encyclopedia (1st district) , 1st volume, Austrian Association for the Gas and Water Sector ÖVGW, Vienna, 1998

Web links

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 16 "  N , 16 ° 22 ′ 43.6"  E