Fountain · Madrid
Fuente de Isabel II
Today: Fuente de los Galápagos, Madrid
- Place
- Madrid
- Kind
- Fountain
- Built
- 1831 to 1832
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Open to visit
A monumental fountain by Francisco Javier de Marietegui, with sculpture by José Tomás, unveiled in 1832 to celebrate the future Isabel II. It first stood at the red de San Luis, on today's Gran Vía, and was moved to the Retiro in 1879. It now stands in the park's glorieta de Nicaragua.
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