Orpheus with a Stringed Instrument - Madrid, Spain
N 40° 24.892 W 003° 42.375
30T E 440080 N 4474044
This statue of Orpheus holding a stringed instrument and a dog sitting at his feet is located atop a fountain in the Plaza de la Provincia in Madrid, Spain.
Waymark Code: WMG9N4
Location: Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Date Posted: 02/02/2013
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"Placed in the plaza de la Provincia in 1629, the Orpheus Fountain was taken apart in 1865. Over one century later, the Municipal Housing Authority, replaced the original with a replica that was strongly evocative of it. It is part of a ensemble composed of an octagonal base on which there are four jets jutting out of a column crowned by a statue of Orpheus.
Situated right in front of the Palace of Santa Cruz, the old site of the Royal jail and now part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the copy of the original fountain has become a remainder of what this plaza once looked like, in the Madrid of its day."
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A plaque on the fountain reads:
"La remodelacion de la plaza de la provincia se inauguro el 21 de enero de 1998 siendo alcalde de Madrid el excmo, Sr. D. Jose Maria Alvarez del Manzano y Lopez del Hierro. La reproduccion de la founte de orfeo realizada por los canteros municipales, es replica de la existente en el mismo lugar hasta 1865."
[ENGLISH] "The refurbishment of Province Plaza was inaugurated on January 21, 1998 by the mayor of Madrid, his excellency Mr. D. José Maria Alvarez del Manzano and Lopez del Hierro. The reproduction of the fountain of Orpheus, carried out by the municipal stonemasons, is a replica of the previous fountain that was located in the same place until 1865.