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Godess Fountain, Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid, Spain




The Plaza de Cibeles is an attractive square featuring a famous sculpture with fountains that have been adopted as one of the prominent symbols for the city of Madrid.

The fountain of Cibeles is found in the part of Madrid commonly called the Paseo de Recoletos. It depicts the goddess Cibeles (Cybele), the Phrygian goddess of fertility, who is seen sitting on a chariot and being pulled by two lions. On one side of the fountain of Cibeles, the Paseo de Recoletos starts, heading north to join up with the Paseo de la Castellana. On the other side, the Paseo del Prado begins and heads off south, towards the fountain of Neptune, in the Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo, and on until Atocha. Up until the 19th century both the fountain of Neptune and Cibeles looked directly at each other, until the city council decided to turn them round to face towards the centre of the city.

Calle Alcalá is the street which intersects the fountain from east to west. Calle Alcalá starts in the Puerta del Sol and continues on to the outskirs of Madrid. On the corners of Cibeles ‘square’ the old headquarters of the Spanish Postal Service (Correos y Telégrafos) and nowadays the Mayor's Office is found. On another corner the Bank of Spain is found and opposite to the General Staff Headquarters of the Spanish Army. The East side of the square is occupied by the Palace of Linares, that currently hosts the Casa de América.

The Cibeles fountain was built in the reign of Charles (Carlos) III and designed by Ventura Rodríguez between 1777 and 1782. The goddess and chariot are the work of Francisco Gutiérrez and the lions by Roberto Michel.

The fountain of Cibeles has been adopted by the football team Real Madrid as the place to celebrate it triumphs in major competitions such as the Champions League, La Liga or Spanish Copa del Rey.


大地女神喷泉(Fuente de la Cibeles):

马德里标志性喷泉,自1782年起坐落于Recoletos大街和Prado大街之间的同名广场。

喷泉中的Cibeles女神是大地、农业和肥沃的象征,端坐于一辆狮子拉的四轮马车之上。 这是卡洛斯三世(Carlos III)时期由贝图拉罗德利盖斯(Ventura Rodríguez)设计的。雕像是大理石材质,喷泉最早位于Recoletos大街的美景宫(Palacio de Buenavista)附近, 直至19世纪末期才迁移至现在的位置, 位于广场的中心。

说到大地女神喷泉,就不得不提及广场周围的建筑: 美景宫(Palacio de Buenavista)、利纳雷斯宫(Palacio de Linares)、通讯大厦(Palacio de Comunicaciones )和西班牙银行(Banco de España)。

如今,该建筑已经成为皇家马德里球迷的象征, 他们总是欢聚在女神雕像周围庆祝球队取得的胜利。

大地女神喷泉由西班牙建筑师贝图拉罗德利盖斯(Ventura Rodríguez)设计,1777年至1782年间修建完成。 喷泉属于18世纪晚期卡洛斯三世(Carlos III)的文明计划之一,该计划旨在将马德里的城市及景观建筑提高到与欧洲其它国家相同或相近的水平。

喷泉于1782年竣工,当时刚开始翻新普拉多步行街(Paseo del Prado),喷泉安放于美景宫(Palacio de Buenavista)(当时是军队总司令部)对面。 喷泉在其安装10年后,才得以投入使用。

1895年喷泉被移至广场的中心,Cibeles大地女神目视阿尔卡拉大街(calle Alcalá)起点方向。

在艰难的历史岁月中,该建筑得以幸存。1931年女神雕像的一只手臂、钥匙和权杖不翼而飞, 随后在西班牙内战时期,雕像的一只狮子也遭到了破坏。

该喷泉大理石雕像的主体是掌管收获的女神Cibeles, 由弗朗西斯科基迭列斯(Francisco Gutiérrez)雕刻而成。女神端坐于一块岩石雕成的马车之上,处于水池的中央。 女神的手中握有一根权杖和一把钥匙。底座上刻着怪兽头部装饰、兽头口中喷水,没过狮子流入水池中。 此外还刻有一只青蛙和一条蛇,半浮半沉于水池之中。

拉车的两只狮子(名叫Hipomenes和Atalanta)由法国人罗贝尔多米歇尔(Roberto Michel)雕刻而成。

整个雕塑直径长32米,高8米。

二十世纪中叶,在增添了喷头和小瀑布泉涌以及灯光装饰后,喷泉更具艺术性,深受马德里市民的喜爱。 水池上部有2个垂直喷头,可喷出高达5米的水柱, 周围有一圈斜涌的水流,从女神座下流淌出去。


References sources : wikipedia, 马德里旅游集团

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