In Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, is a large statue of Nüwa, an ancient Chinese goddess, best known for creating mankind and (as shown here) repairing the wall of heaven. The sculpture has been moved a few times, but is now in a beautiful and hopefully final setting. See all the details here.
St. Louis Meeting of the Waters Mermaids
The sculpture known as the Meeting of the Waters is really 19 sculptures representing the meeting of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers just outside St. Louis. It is 200 ft long and was initially named “The Wedding of the Rivers”. It was commissioned from renowned Swedish sculptor Carl Milles by the city of St. Louis. […]
Mermaid in New York Botanical Gardens
The Fountain of Life and its sculptures date back to 1905 when they were created by Charles E. Tefft in bronze and marble, as the main sculpture in front of the Library Building. The fountain contains a mermaid and triton as well as a number of other sea creatures. See all the details on this […]
Mermaids in Miama at Villa Vizcaya
I took a drive down to Miami to see Villa Vizcaya and the mermaid sculptures there. It is a pretty amazing place. Created in 1916 by agricultural industrialist James Deering, it was designed and built to look like a 400-year old Italian villa. The villa – a mansion really – is gorgeous, and the gardens are […]
Coco Cay’s Caylana Mermaid
Near the old dock at Coco Cay in the Bahamas, visitors are greeted with a gorgeous mermaid statue of Caylana of Coco Cay, reclining on a rock in a fountain, holding aloft an exotic bird. We have created a page for this mermaid sculpture here, with a lot more information and photos.
Thessalonike of Macedon
According to Greek legend the half-sister of Alexander the Great, Thessalonike, turned into a mermaid when she tried ending her life by jumping into the sea. A white marble mermaid statue on the Greek island of Thasos commemorates this legend. The legend involves Alexander finding the Fountain of Youth and making his sister immortal with its water. […]
Blackpool Mermaid
In the news is a new mermaid sculpture in Blackpool, England. It is named “Call of the Sea”, is 2 meters tall and carries various sea creatures in a protective embrace. It was installed and unveiled on June 10th in Blackpool’s Talbot Square. Media coverage includes these mentions: https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/
Sirena Porto Cristo
Passeig de la Sirena is a tree-lined promenade next to the marina in Porto Cristo on the mediterranian island of Mallorca in Spain. In the center of the promenade is a fountain with a mermaid named Sirena Porto Cristo. She is unusual – as far as mermaid statues go – in that she has both […]
Mermaids in Spain’s Santa Clotilde Gardens
The Gardens of Santa Clotilde lie just outside the town of Lloret de Mar on the northeast Coast of Spain, halfway between Barcelona and France. It’s a stunningly beautiful part of the coast, and the gardens and its sculptures are famous for their beauty, for the spectacular views, and for the Staircase of Mermaids with […]
La Sirenita de Cangas
The Monumento “Galeón” was created by Manuel Franco Coia in granite and bronze, and was unveiled on May 1st, 2001 in the Ría de Vigo estuary on the shore of Cangas. The granite portion forms the base of the sculpture in the shape of a sinking ship with a female figurehead integrated into the shape […]
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