Residenzbrunnen
Baroque marble fountain of sea horses, giants and dolphins crowned by Triton blowing a conch shell.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Residenzbrunnen in Salzburg opens with prince-archbishop Guidobald von Thun's over-the-top answer to Bernini's Triton fountain in Rome, built between 1656 and 1661 from pale Untersberg limestone. It follows his engineers' plan to pipe in cold spring water from Furstenbrunn, a promise the pipes could not keep, and the workaround that kept Triton blowing instead. Look up at the sea horses, giants and dolphins straining under their basins while you listen for how the city eventually dealt with that broken promise.
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