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Attractions along the Carpathians
Transylvania / Romania

Fountain

Fountain
Odorheiu Secuiesc Piata Primariei
Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
fountain
Current function:
fountain
Address:
Városháza tér
Historical Hungarian county:
Udvarhely
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.3037821904, 25.294858948
Google map:

History

In 1956, the town leadership of the time announced a competition for the erection of a public statue. Orbán Áron's plan for a fountain was the winner. The four symbolic figures represent the traditional economic activity of the area: a forestry worker (axe-sharpener, by Orbán Áron), a metallurgist from Szentkeresztbánya (iron foundryman, by Verestóy Árpád), a potter from Korond (bokály - ceramic wine jug - painter, by Székely József), and a farm worker (a woman with a sheaf of wheat, by Nagy György).

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