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Fountain guide reference: 31
Location: Elisabethenstrasse / Klosterberg
Artist: Rudolf Heinrich Meili
in operation since: 1862
listed as a monument: no
History / Description: The Elisabethen fountain has …
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December 10, 2024
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There are also many details to marvel at in the "lower" part of the fountain. For example, two fish-like stone figures that serve as water taps. But these are not fish, says Christiane Widmer, but dolphins. "Until the Middle Ages, dolphins were depicted like this. With a huge head, big eyes and fins on their necks."
Source: srf.ch/news/basel-baselland-der-heiligen-brunnen-mitten-im-pendler-verkehr
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