Name: Residenzbrunnen (Residence Fountain)
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1. Stroblalm Viewpoint – Glanegg Castle loop from Salzburg Aigen

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2. Waginger See – View of Waginger See loop from Waging am See

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3. Lehen Power Plant – Salzburg Cathedral loop from Teisendorf

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Nils

July 27, 2022

Lots going on, pushing is the order of the day.

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Ivica

April 14, 2025

The Residence Fountain is a monumental fountain carved from Untersberg marble, a limestone. It is the largest Baroque fountain in Central Europe and was probably designed by Tommaso Garove Allio between 1656 and 1661 on behalf of Archbishop Guidobald von Thun. Antonio Dario served as chief engineer at the time.

The lower fountain basin, on stepped pedestals on all sides, is quadrilaterally symmetrical and features a curved and bent Baroque design. On each side is the coat of arms of Archbishop Guidobald von Thun. The central rock is surrounded by four water-spouting seahorses (hippocampi). The rock supports four Atlases with another shallow water bowl, in which three dolphins hold a shallow water bowl with their tail fins. This uppermost basin supports Triton, who spews water vertically into the air from a shell.

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Ivica

April 14, 2025

The Residenzbrunnen (Residence Fountain) is a monumental fountain carved from Untersberg limestone. At the time of its construction, it was the largest Baroque fountain in Central Europe and was allegedly designed by Tommaso di Garona (Tommaso Garove Allio) between 1656 and 1661 on behalf of Archbishop Guidobald von Thun. His brother-in-law, the Italian architect, stone cutter, and master stonemason Giovanni Antonio Dario (1630–1702), served as the lead engineer for the fountain's construction. Dario's first wife, Francesca Garvo Allio, is likely a sister of Tommaso Garona.

The Residenzbrunnen incorporates ideas from the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (1648/51) in Piazza Navona and is very closely based on the Fontana del Tritone (1642/43) in Piazza Barberini in Rome. Both fountains were created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Just as the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Rome symbolically depicts four rivers, the Salzburg Residence Fountain also features four hippocampi pointing in the four cardinal directions.

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Location: Salzburg, Austria

Residenzbrunnen (Residence Fountain)

1. Stroblalm Viewpoint – Glanegg Castle loop from Salzburg Aigen

2. Waginger See – View of Waginger See loop from Waging am See

3. Lehen Power Plant – Salzburg Cathedral loop from Teisendorf

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