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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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Plaza del General Weyler

Fuente Plaza Weyler

Weyler Square Fountain

Achille Canessa
1899

Santa Cruz de Tenerife / Fuente Plaza Weyler

Description

Fountain with a central body of 5.8 metres high in a pyramidal shape and made of Carrara marble. It is topped by the statues of two putti holding a garland of flowers; on the central floor, four putti, each in a corner, hold a dolphin that spews water from its mouth, which falls into the shells at the bottom.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Fuente Plaza Weyler

Signature

achille canessa genova italia

Sculptor

Achille Canessa (Genova 1856 - Genova 1905), Italian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Plaza Weyler.

Locatie (N 28°28'3" - W 16°15'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca577; Photograph: 1 February 2020
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