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The Mermaids of Edinburgh

August 6, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

The Ross Fountain Mermaids

You will find eight mermaids of Edinburgh in Ross Fountain, in the Princes Street Gardens. The location is magnificent, with the lush greenery of the park and the direct view of the Edinburgh Castle up high. The fountain was made of cast iron in a foundry near Paris, in the early 1860s. The figures were […]

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St. Anna Rhine River Mermaid

July 30, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth 1 Comment

St Anna Mermaid of Rheinfelden

This Rhine River mermaid is dorsal-finned and unusual in many ways. She is stunningly austere and ascetic, seemingly adapted perfectly to the strong currents of the Rhine River where it flows through Rheinfelden. She has the strong and prominent dorsal fin, webbed hands and almost human legs that end in large fins. Additionally there is […]

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The “Fishwife” Mermaid in Mainz

July 23, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

Mainz Fishwife Mermaid statue

The city of Mainz in Germany has this fabulous sculpture if the “Fishwife” mermaid. It is tucked into a corner where the Gaustraße street curves and a small fountain was created. Elsa Montag created the petite sculpture in about 1940. The city of Mainz purchased it in 1943 and then installed it in a small […]

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Hafmeyjan – Iceland’s Mermaid

July 16, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

Mermaid statue Hafmeyjan by Nína Sæmundsson

You will find a gorgeous statue of Hafmeyjan – icelandic for mermaid – on a granite block in Reykjavik. It has been moved several times over the years, and has been recast from the original mold when the first cast was damaged. Icelandic sculptor Nína Sæmundsson created the mermaid sculpture in 1948 in bronze and […]

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Mermaid Atlante, Queen of the Seas

July 15, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

'Atlante' Mermaid sculpture in Cannes.

This incredible sculpture of the mermaid Atlante in Port Canto in the famous French city of Cannes was created by Amaryllis. It was installed on a rock in the water in the year 2000. She is seen by everyone who enters and exits the port, and she is there specifically to remind everyone to stop […]

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Mercedes and the Mermaid Undine

July 2, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

Undine Mermaid Fountain

The fairy tale of the mermaid Undine is immortalized in the Undine Fountain and its sculpture of Undine and the other characters in the story. The sculpture was created in 1903 by sculptor Josef Valentin Kassin to commemorate the completion of the city water pipeline system in Baden, Austria. The statue of Undine is made of Italian […]

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The Mermaid and Christopher Columbus

June 25, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

Mermaid statue "Sirena Magdalena" in Santander Spain

There is a direct connection between Christopher Columbus and this mermaid sculpture on the north coast of Spain – the Sirena Magdalena. Now famously, Christopher Columbus reported that he saw mermaids, twice. Bartolomé de Las Casas read and summarized Columbus’ log before it was lost to history. His summary for the log entries on January 9, […]

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La Sirena de Coruña

June 18, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

La Sirena del Orzán

The mermaid sculpture ‘Sirena de Coruña” sits on the edge of Ensenada del Orzán (Bay of Orzán) in the city of A Coruña in northern Spain. She looks out over the water towards the rest of the city, waving to ships and boats in the bay, and greeting the setting sun each evening. She was […]

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Fuente de la Sirena in Lleida

June 11, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

Fuente de la Sirena

The Fuente de la Sirena (Fountain of the Mermaid) in Lleida is found in the centrally located Parc dels Camps Elisis. Like the French Champs-Élysées, Camps Elisis refers to the Elysian Fields or Elysium – the final resting place for the souls of heroes in Greek mythology. This current mermaid statue was placed here in […]

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Sirena Inmaculada

June 4, 2022 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

Sirena Leganés Inmaculada

This mermaid in the Spanish city of Leganés on the south side of Madrid was commissioned by the Leganés City Council. It was sculpted by Luis Arencibia Betancort, an artist from the Canary Islands, in 2000. Betancourt’s sculptures adorn a number of locations in the Madrid area, where he lived and worked and was well […]

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Mermaid statue Hafmeyjan by Nína Sæmundsson

Hafmeyjan – Iceland’s Mermaid

You will find a gorgeous statue of Hafmeyjan – icelandic for mermaid – on a granite block in Reykjavik. It has been moved several times over the years, and has been recast from the original mold when the first cast was damaged. Icelandic sculptor Nína Sæmundsson created the mermaid sculpture in 1948 in bronze and […]

'Atlante' Mermaid sculpture in Cannes.

Mermaid Atlante, Queen of the Seas

This incredible sculpture of the mermaid Atlante in Port Canto in the famous French city of Cannes was created by Amaryllis. It was installed on a rock in the water in the year 2000. She is seen by everyone who enters and exits the port, and she is there specifically to remind everyone to stop […]

Undine Mermaid Fountain

Mercedes and the Mermaid Undine

The fairy tale of the mermaid Undine is immortalized in the Undine Fountain and its sculpture of Undine and the other characters in the story. The sculpture was created in 1903 by sculptor Josef Valentin Kassin to commemorate the completion of the city water pipeline system in Baden, Austria. The statue of Undine is made of Italian […]

 

 

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