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Statue The Three Fates

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Name: The Three Fates[1]
Nickname: unknown
Where: South West corner of St Stephen's Green
Coordinates: 53.3377;-6.2616Latitude: 53°20′15.72″N
Longitude: 6°15′41.76″W

Inauguration date: 23rd March 1997
Sculptor: Professor Josef Wackerle
Story: Ingraving in German, Irish and English: In Dankbarkeit für die Hilfe, die das irische Volk deutschen Kindern nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gewährte / Le buíochas as an gcabhair a thug muintir na hÉireann do pháistí Gearmánacha tar éis an Dara Cogadh Domhanda / With gratitude for the help given to German children by the Irish people after World War II. The statue was a gift offered by Roman Herzog, President of the Federal Republic of Germany at the time.

The fountain is situated near the Leeson Street entrance to the park. It consists of a group of three bronze figures - representing the Three Fates, who weave and measure the thread of man's destiny.

Notes

  1. The three fates refer to the Greek Goddessses that spin destiny.


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