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 Earth), and grandfather of the hero Achilles.

This particular mermaid was created in 2004 by sculptor Giorgos Xenoulis of Athens, and placed in the fountain on the harbor waterfront of the small beautiful Greek island of Poros, about 30 miles southwest of Athens.

The island is very hilly and mountainous, with rich vegetation, and is a popular tourist destination with a rich history going back thousands of years.

The Poros Mermaid has become a symbol of the town and the island. While I have not found any evidence of a local mermaid legend, there likely is one, just as there is for the other mermaid sculpture by Giorgos Xenoulis on the island of Syros.

There is a page with more details and photos for the Mermaid of Poros.

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 is based on a local legend, which has it that a fisherman fell off a boat at the mouth of the Kini Beach Inlet. A mermaid came to his rescue and brought him to the shore, where she laid him on the beach.

Syros is located in the bottom half of the Aegean Sea, and has great natural beauty, a lot of tourism, and a very rich history and culture all the back to classical antiquity.

Giorgos Xenoulis also created a mermaid statue fountain on the island of Poros, about 80 miles from Syros.

For more images and information, visit the Syros Mermaid page.

The city of Paralio Astros (Astros Beach) in Greece has a sculpture known as the Stheno Mermaid.

The statue looks out over the Argolic Gulf and the city of Paralio Astros and its harbor.   It is debatable whether it represents a mermaid or a serpent goddess – or maybe a combination of both.  Stheno in Greek mythology is the sister of Medusa, and is often represented as a serpent goddess.

More data and photos can be found on the Stheno Mermaid page.

There is a small fountain featuring a sandstone mermaid statue and several amphoras at the Santa Marina Beach Park in the town of Agia Marina Chrysochouson the north-west part of Cyprus.

The beach park is set up for feasts and festivals, weddings and such. It has room and seating for a lot of people, and has spectacular and almost legendary sunsets.

I have been able to find out almost nothing about the mermaid or the fountain so far, so there is no data yet on who created the sculpture, or why or when.

More photos can be found on the Santa Marina Mermaid page.

3 life-size mermaid sculptures feature prominently at the Club & Hotel Letoonia in Fethiye’s harbour, near the south-west corner of Turkey.

One is close to a small lighthouse and the club’s waterside patio, located where it can be seen with a welcoming gesture to every boat entering the Fethiye harbor.

Two other mermaid statues are on the property at the bottom of a stairway. All three are clearly based on the same model.

Fethiye is near the southern edge of the Aegean Sea and has an abundance of Greek history and culture, so its Greek mythology theme fits well here. 

It is a popular summer tourist destination and has fabulous culture, environmental beauty and very rich history influenced by the Greeks, the Persian Empire and the Ottoman empire.

See the other mermaid sculptures and additional photos on the Fethiye Mermaids Page.