Ganymede's Fountain
Neo-baroque bronze fountain of a boy on an eagle, ringed by children clutching river fish.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Ganymede's Fountain in Bratislava follows Viktor Tilgner, a sculptor born in the old town of Pressburg who made his name in imperial Vienna, and the late-nineteenth-century commission that brought his work back home. It touches on a Greek myth, a Budapest foundry and the Danube creatures hidden around the basins. Stand on the theatre side of the square so you can see both the eagle and the children below.
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