Saracen fountain

The Saracen Fountain is a large, ornate fountain located in Alexandra Park, Glasgow, Scotland.[1][2] It was made of cast iron by Macfarlane & Co.'s Saracen Foundry for the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition and presented to the city as a gift by foundry owner Walter Macfarlane.[1] It is influenced by the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.[3]

It is now a Category A listed building.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alexandra Park History". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Dobraszczyk, Paul (5 July 2017). Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain: Myth and Modernity, Excess and Enchantment. Routledge. pp. 119, 129. ISBN 978-1-351-56209-6.
  3. ↑ Nisbet, Gary. "Images: Saracen Fountain, Alexandra Park, Glasgow". Glasgow - City of Sculpture. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "ALEXANDRA PARADE, ALEXANDRA PARK, CAST-IRON FOUNTAIN (LB33880)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

55°51′52″N 4°12′30″W / 55.86453°N 4.20825°W / 55.86453; -4.20825

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