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Fountain of Saint George: Overall view

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posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Current views show the base has been redone and vegetation removed.\u000a\u000aThe St. George Fountain was erected in front of Fribourg's Town Hall (Rathaus or H\u00F4tel de Ville) between 1522 and 1524. It replaced a fountain that had probably supplied water for the Zaehringen Castle, which would explain the choice of the fountain's figure. The fountain as it stands today has a column surmounted by a sculpture (1524-1525) representing St. George on horseback killing the dragon, the only stone sculpture (in St. Triphon marble from Aigle) made by Hans Geiler. The statue was originally gilded. The twisted column and the composite capital in stone from Neuch\u00E2tel were sculpted by Joseph Tschupphauer and regilded by Gottfried Locher (1759-1761).

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Fontaine de Saint-George, Fribourg

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-05

Spatial Coverage

Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland|+46.805583+7.160952|Fribourg

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Renaissance

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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