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Triton Fountain, Valletta, Malta.

Dramatic rendition of Malta’s majestic Triton Fountain outside Valletta’s City Gate. It’s one of the most iconic landmarks in Malta. It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a huge basin. The sculptural group was designed and constructed between 1952 and 1959 and collapsed in 1978. Finally it was restored and officially inaugurated on January 2018.

Triton is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is represented as a merman which has the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. Also he usually carried a trident, like his father, Poseidon. Triton blew a shell like a trumpet to calm and raise the waves. Its sound was such a cacophony, that when loudly blown, it put the giants to flight, since they imagined it to be the roar of a dark wild beast.

This image is included in the galleries
bronze: Colorful alloy curated by Giorgos Rodinos, GRAPHIC ART curated by Henri DUBUC and Sculpture curated by JFB119.

Taken on: August 22, 2018

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