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Hercules Fountain
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Heiko
October 29, 2024
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The Herkulesbrunnen in Augsburg is one of the city's three magnificent Renaissance fountains and is also located on Maximilianstraße. It was created between 1597 and 1602 by the Dutch sculptor …
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Paul
May 4, 2025
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Hercules Fountain, Augsburg
The Hercules Fountain was completed in 1602. The casting molds were created by Adriaen de Vries. Together with the Mercury Fountain, it is considered one of the greatest works the artist ever created. The hero Hercules slays the Hydra, a multi-headed water serpent. Naiads, tritons, and goose-stranglers frolic on the fountain pillar.
Text / Source: Stadt Augsburg, Welterbe-Infozentrum, Rathausplatz 1, Augsburg
wassersystem-augsburg.de/de/objekte/herkulesbrunnen
The Hercules Fountain was completed in 1602. The casting molds were created by Adriaen de Vries. Together with the Mercury Fountain, it is considered one of the greatest works the artist ever created. The hero Hercules slays the Hydra, a multi-headed water serpent. Naiads, tritons, and goose-stranglers frolic on the fountain pillar.
Text / Source: Stadt Augsburg, Welterbe-Infozentrum, Rathausplatz 1, Augsburg
wassersystem-augsburg.de/de/objekte/herkulesbrunnen
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Oliver
February 5, 2017
Hiking
The Augsburg magnificent fountains – Augustus, Mercury and Hercules fountains
Three magnificently decorated Renaissance bronze fountains along Augsburg's Maximilianstrasse.
The Augsburg fountains symbolize the estate system of the imperial city: …
Three magnificently decorated Renaissance bronze fountains along Augsburg's Maximilianstrasse.
The Augsburg fountains symbolize the estate system of the imperial city: …
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Elevation 490 m
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