Скачать или смотреть Schöner Brunnen, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Beautiful Fountain, in German Schöner Brunnen, is one of the most important monuments of the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, Germany. It stands like a Gothic spire 19 meters high on the central Main Market Square (Hauptmarkt) and represents one of the most beautiful fountains in Europe. The Beautiful Fountain was built between 1385 and 1396 by the local sculptor Heinrich Beheim, although according to other sources it seems to be the work of the brothers Georg and Fritz Rupprecht in collaboration with Sebald Schönhofer. Throughout history, the fountain has been restored several times, the first of which in 1822-24 by the sculptor Jacob Daniel Burgschmiet, and later rebuilt. Today on the Hauptmarkt is a limestone copy made in 1903 and installed in 1912. The authentic remains, restored between 1899 and 1903 by Heinrich Walraff, are preserved in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, the Germanic National Museum. In the Second World War the fountain was wrapped in a concrete casing which protected it from bombing. The Beautiful Fountain stands in the agile form of a perforated Gothic spire, divided into four levels and 19 meters high. Made of painted limestone, it is populated by a forest of about forty colorful statues representing the vision of the world of the Holy Roman Empire. From below you can recognize: the Philosophers, the seven liberal Arts, the four Evangelists and the four Fathers of the Church, the seven electors and the Nine Prodi, Moses and seven Prophets (Hosea, Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Isaiah and Joel A complex wrought iron fence closes the structure: there are eight beautiful grids forged in Augusta by Paul Kühn in 1587. In two grids on the southwest side there are two brass rings: according to tradition, making them turn on themselves brings Fortunately, the water that flows from it is not drinkable (as you can easily guess from the "Kein Trinkwasser" plate).