Vigilance well

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Vigilance well in Vienna
Well of Vigilance - the goddess of vigilance

The Vigilance Fountain is a listed fountain ( list entry ) on Schlesingerplatz in Vienna's 8th district, Josefstadt .

history

The vigilance well with the original location Alser Straße / Skodagasse was built in 1779 at the expense of the Lower Austrian provincial government by Johann Martin Fischer . In 1937 the fountain was moved to Schlesingerplatz in front of the local district office for the 8th district.

The vigilance fountain has been illuminated in a particularly attractive way since 2004.

presentation

A metal female figure as the goddess of vigilance with an oil lamp as a symbol for vigilance in the right and a scroll in the left hand as well as a crane as a symbol for the care at her feet on a free-standing stone pillar with lion heads as gargoyles and two semicircular fountain bowls on the Front and back represent vigilance.

See also

Footnotes

  1. wien.at - Attractive tree lighting on Schlesingerplatz in the 8th district ( Memento from January 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Well of Vigilance  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

literature

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 44.6 "  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 47.7"  E

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