Archibald Memorial Fountain
Art Deco bronze fountain of Apollo, Diana, Pan and a soldier slaying the Minotaur, ringed by jets.
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This guide to the Archibald Memorial Fountain traces J.F. Archibald, the newspaper editor born plain John Feltham who renamed himself after a France he had never visited and left his fortune to fund a memorial honoring Australia and France's wartime alliance. It follows the years-long search for a sculptor, which led trustees to Parisian artist Francois-Leon Sicard, who built the fountain's bronze figures an ocean away from Sydney. Look up at Apollo rising above you on his pedestal, arms flung wide.
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