There is a mermaid named Lorelie in the town of Unity in Maine. It was created by Maine wildlife sculptor Forest Hart and presented as a gift to Bert and Coral Clifford. The Cliffords in turn donated it to the Unity College Center for Performing Arts. The mermaid is located in the garden next to […]
Heinrich Heine’s Lorelei Mermaid Fountain
The Lorelei Fountain contains 3 mermaids, and is located in Joyce Kilmer Park’s Grand Concourse in The Bronx. It was created in the 1890s by the German sculptor Ernst Herter. The sculpture is a memorial to German poet and writer Heinrich Heine, and the sculpture is also known as the Heinrich Heine Fountain. Heinrich composed […]
The Rockefeller Fountain in the Bronx
The “Rockefeller Fountain” is also known as the “Italian Fountain” and as the “Rainey Gate Fountain”, and includes a number of mermaids, mermen and sea-horses. But regardless of the name, it is now located in the Bronx Zoo in New York City, just inside the Zoo entrance at Rainey Gate. The fountain was carved from […]
Pearl of the Conchos in San Angelo
Jayne Charless Beck was a San Angelo resident artist, who passed away in 1993. In 1994 this bronze casting was donated by friends of Jayne Beck to the City of San Angelo. It is an enlargement of a sculpture Jayne created earlier, and this enlarged sculpture was placed next to a pedestrian bridge close to […]
Mermaid Armonía in Mexico City
Edith Berlin, an accomplished sculptor from Veracruz, created the mermaid sculpture Armonía (Harmony) in 1994. It was originally located at the intersection of Calle Genova and Calle Liverpool in the heart of Mexico City. The sculpture seems to have been moved after 2015 or so. The location is a pedestrian street with a lot of shops, […]
Mermaid at Sinfonia del Mar in Acapulco
On the Pacific side of Acapulco where the hills and mountains meet the sea, a road follows the shore past Sinfonia del Mar – literally Symphony of the Sea. It is an amphitheater built into – or carved out of – a mountain promontory, affording a fabulous view of the Pacific as it meets […]
Sirena de Boca in Veracruz, Mexico
You will find the mermaid statue “Sirena de Boca” in a small alcove by Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho next to the Gulf of Mexico in Boca del Río, Veracruz. The Isla de Sacrificios (Island of Sacrifices) is about a mile off-shore. Sculptor Ricardo Ponzanelli created the mermaid statue in bronze and named it “Sirena de Boca”. […]
Puerto Vallarta’s Triton & Nereida Sculpture
In Greek mythology Triton is the son of Poseidon, and the Nereids are the daughters of Nereus and Doris. Italian artist Carlos Esprino sculpted “Triton and Nereida” in 1987 as merman and mermaid lovers reaching for each other. The sculpture is located prominently on Puerto Vallarta’s Malecón, the city’s beautiful coastal promenade, which features many […]
La Reina de los Mares in Mazatlán
La Reina de los Mares (Queen of the Seas) is one of several mermaid statues on the Paseo Claussen promenade in Mazatlán, on the west coast of Mexico. The little boy next to the mermaid appears to be Cupid, with a quiver of arrows carried on his back. The sculpture was created possibly as early […]
La Paz Mermaid and Dolphin
Created in bronze by Octavio González, this mermaid and dolphin sculpture was unveiled on March 2nd, 2007 on the Malecón in La Paz. The Malecón has been developed extensively since 2004, supported by both the city and many of the local businesses that cater to tourism, with a number of the artworks along the Malecón […]
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