In the middle of the lively Shafarika Square is an oasis of peace and quiet - a green square with wooden benches arranged around a small original fountain. He is called Duck, because it is these birds we can see in the sculptural composition that crowns him. According to some researchers, the Duck Fountain together with the Ganymede Fountain compete for the title of the most beautiful and most popular fountain in Bratislava.
It is especially loved by children, perhaps because, along with ducks, sculptor Robert Kuzmaer depicted several boys, beating the local legend of the water and the children who turned to stone because they tried to get into the underwater kingdom. Every schoolboy in Bratislava knows this urban history, written by Maria Durichkova. Maybe that's why the work about the Duck Fountain is part of the school curriculum.
A neo-baroque sculptural composition by Kuzmaer, a famous architect who worked on many Slovak monuments, was erected on Shafarik Square in 1914. The pedestal for the sculpture is a few blocks of sandstone and granite, seemingly chaotically composed, but in fact designed to remind observers of the banks of the Danube. The composition, representing three little boys and four ducks, is made of bronze. All the guys are depicted in motion in different poses. That is why the sculpture seems full of life. Water jets fall into the bowl, flowing from the duck's beak. The pedestal shows the name of the author of the fountain and the year of its creation.
It is especially loved by children, perhaps because, along with ducks, sculptor Robert Kuzmaer depicted several boys, beating the local legend of the water and the children who turned to stone because they tried to get into the underwater kingdom. Every schoolboy in Bratislava knows this urban history, written by Maria Durichkova. Maybe that's why the work about the Duck Fountain is part of the school curriculum.
A neo-baroque sculptural composition by Kuzmaer, a famous architect who worked on many Slovak monuments, was erected on Shafarik Square in 1914. The pedestal for the sculpture is a few blocks of sandstone and granite, seemingly chaotically composed, but in fact designed to remind observers of the banks of the Danube. The composition, representing three little boys and four ducks, is made of bronze. All the guys are depicted in motion in different poses. That is why the sculpture seems full of life. Water jets fall into the bowl, flowing from the duck's beak. The pedestal shows the name of the author of the fountain and the year of its creation.
Translated automatically from Ukrainian. View original
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