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 […]
Fuente de la Sirena in Lleida
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 […]
Sirena 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 […]
Sirena Mô, Mermaid of Mahon
There is a well known legend of the mermaid of Mahón and a nephew of Hannibal of Carthage. Mahón is a port city on the island of Menorca, not far from Mallorca. Mahón is also known as Maó-Mahón or simply Maó, which in the local pronunciation is shortened to Mó. Originally, in 205 BC, […]
Lake Geneva’s Seahorse Mermaids
On the promenade in Vevey, on the northeast side of Lake Geneva, are three sculptures of nymphs riding seahorses. Although often referred to as mermaids, these are more accurately nymphs or water spirits – one is a child (in the pool) and the other two (in the lake) are adults, one holding a sphere and […]
The Lake Geneva Mermaid
This mermaid sculpture by Natascha Alexandrova Jusopov was created in 1965 and is also known as Sirene du Lac (Mermaid of the Lake) or Sirene de Collonge-Bellerive. It is located just off the southeast shore of Lake Geneva, in Collonge-Bellerive, next to a small park fittingly called Plage de la Nymphe (Mermaid Beach). The mermaid […]
The Oostende Mermaid
This mermaid statue is located in the Leopold Park in Oostende, Belgium. The park was created in the 1880s and is located at the site of a previous zoo and botanical garden. The park contains a number of rare trees and animals, and some unusual statues. There is a swimming statue, there is the […]
A Mermaid on the Greek Island of Poros
There is a fountain on the Greek island of Poros which contains this mermaid sculpture. Mermaids have a long history in Greece, going back to the Sirens and the Nereids in Greek Mythology. The Nereids were sea nymphs or mermaids, and were daughters of Nereus, oldest son of Pontus (The Sea) and Gaia (The […]
The Syros Mermaid: Panagia Gorgona
On the Greek Island of Syros is a fountain by the water, featuring a mermaid and a fisherman. The mermaid is the Syros mermaid Panagia Gorgona, which translates to “Saint Mermaid” or “Virgin Mary the Mermaid”. The sculpture was created by sculptor Giorgos Xenoulis of Athens, and is a tribute to fishermen lost at sea. It […]
Stheno of Paralio Astros
The city of Paralio Astros (Astros Beach) in Greece has a sculpture known as the Stheno Mermaid. The statue looks out over the
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