Curiosities of the Fountains of Retiro Park in Madrid

One of the great attractions of the large urban parks in the main cities are their monumental fountains, which often take on great prominence.

This also happens in the Retirement park de Madrid where you will have the opportunity to see various sources.

Located at the confluences of the most important interior roads, I want to highlight three sources which you should pay attention to during your walk through the great Madrid park.

Fallen Angel Fountain

La Fallen Angel Fountain It is one of the ones that arouses the most curiosity among visitors to Retiro Park.

I can tell you that it is a source dedicated to nothing more and nothing less than Match, the demon.

Its author is the Madrid sculptor Ricardo Bellver, and the bronze sculpture was installed in 1995 in the southern area of ​​the park, in a main plaza next to the Rose garden.

The sculpture is inspired by a poem by The lost paradise de Milton.

Artichoke Fountain

With this curious name, in Retirement park You can see this fountain located in the southwest corner of the Estanque.

The monument was designed in 1781 by Ventura Rodríguez, incorporating sculptures by various artists, although it was not moved to its current location until 1880.

The fountain is configured with two bodies, with the artichoke sculpture sculpted in granite.

Galapagos Fountain

The third source that I want to highlight is that of the Galapagos.

Work carried out in 1832, now you can see it in the northwest corner of the aforementioned Estanque, although its first location was in the San Luis Network, In full Madrid's Gran Via.

Initially it did not have an ornamental or decorative character, since its main function was to supply water through nine pipes.

You will be able to see that it has two bodies, the upper one with a conch-shaped spout, and the lower one, with four sculptural spouts that represent two frogs and two turtles.