World Map of Mermaid Statues

February 13, 2013 By Mermaids of Earth

A new feature has just been added to the page on public art mermaid statues across the world.

It is an interactive world map, showing the locations of the 135+ mermaids currently known about.

St. Louis Meeting of the Waters Mermaids

The sculpture known as the Meeting of the Waters is really 19 sculptures representing the meeting of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers just outside St. Louis. It is 200 ft long and was initially named “The Wedding of the Rivers”. It was commissioned from renowned Swedish sculptor Carl Milles by the city of St. Louis. […]

Mermaid in New York Botanical Gardens

The Fountain of Life and its sculptures date back to 1905 when they were created by Charles E. Tefft in bronze and marble, as the main sculpture in front of the Library Building. The fountain contains a mermaid and triton as well as a number of other sea creatures. See all the details on this […]

Mermaids in Miama at Villa Vizcaya

I took a drive down to Miami to see Villa Vizcaya and the mermaid sculptures there. It is a pretty amazing place. Created in 1916 by agricultural industrialist James Deering, it was designed and built to look like a 400-year old Italian villa. The villa – a mansion really – is gorgeous, and the gardens are […]

World Map of Mermaid Statues

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