The Saracen Fountain (detail)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Saracen Fountain (detail) by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.
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The Saracen Fountain (detail)
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 19 Aug 2005
The fountain is shown, in its setting in Alexandra Park, at Image, with the same black-and-gold colour scheme (the paintwork is fairly new; in 2003, the fountain was blue and gold, with details in other colours). Shown here is one of several lions' heads near the base of the fountain. Elsewhere on the fountain, inscriptions identify it as the work of the famous Saracen Foundry: WALTER MACFARLANE AND Co. ARCHITECTURAL SANITARY AND ARTISTIC IRONFOUNDERS SARACEN FOUNDRY GLASGOW This cast-iron fountain was originally built for Glasgow's 1901 International Exhibition, but was later gifted to the city. Its upper part (see the photo link in the first paragraph) is styled after the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.864542
Longitude
-4.208281