Triton fontana
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Hi @Bocko , welcome in Local Guides Connect, the house of the Local Guides.
Thank you for the beautiful photo of the Triton Fountain. Can you tell us something more about this fountain, made by Vincent Apap on 1959, and recently restored? Tellin us more, instead of simply dropping a photo, will make your post more engaging. Plese read: What makes a good post?
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Designed and constructed between 1952 and 1959 under no less than three governing bodies, and conceived jointly by eminent sculptor Chevalier Vincent Apap and his collaborator draughtsman Victor Anastasi, the fountain became unofficially operational on Saturday 16 May 1959. The fountain was used as a stage for National Celebrations named ‘Mill-Maltin għall-Maltin’ and is popularly believed that it might have contributed to the dramatic collapse of the sculptural group on Wednesday 1 March 1978. This statement has been technically proven incorrect since the sculptural group contained no structural armature to bear the weight of the water laden basin, which subsequently collapsed due to metal fatigue and creep.
The sculptural group was repaired by Malta Drydocks engineers between January 1986 and April 1987. During this intervention a central sculptural addition consisting of three seagulls and seaweed (also the work of Chev. Apap) was introduced within the sculptural group, however this arrangement subsequently diminished the role of the gigantic Triton figures.
The fountain deteriorated in subsequent decades, until the bronze figures were dismantled and restored in 2017. Works were ready by the end of the year, and the fountain and piazza were officially inaugurated on 12 January 2018.
Thank you @Bocko , I already know what Wikipedia says about the Triton Fountain. I was asking for your experience of Local Guide
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