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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The legend of Sirena, a native American Indian mermaid, is beautifully expressed in Troy Kelley‘s life-size bronze mermaid statue in Salado, Texas. According to local legend, a beautiful Indian maiden named Sirena wished to marry an Indian brave who didn’t return her feelings.  Sitting by the river looking at her reflections, she expressed her wish.   A […]

The Užupis Mermaid was created by sculptor Romas Vilčiauskas in 2002 and sits in an alcove below a bridge across the Vilnia River. It is a symbol of Užupis. Užupis means “place beyond the river”, and is the name of a section of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Užupis bohemic and laissez-faire atmosphere similar to […]

The Lithuanian Maritime Academy gave this mermaid statue as a gift to the city of Klaipeda on January 15th 2015. It is located right on the edge of the Akmena-Danė River as it flows through the city and under a bridge. It was created in bronze by Klaudijus Pūdymas. Visit the Undinė Klaipeda page for more information […]

The Fontana della Sirena is Napoli (Naples), Italy, is a statue of Parthenope. She was a mermaid in Greek mythology, who cast herself into the sea after failing to lure Odysseus off his ship with her song. Napoli was originally named after Parthenope, until it was renamed Napoli (New City). A legend has it that […]