Freedom Fountain in Poznan

The Freedom Fountain is a fountain located on Freedom Square in Poznań. The authors of the project are architect Agnieszka Stochaj and sculptor Rafał Nowak. Opened in June 2012, the fountain consists of two 10-meter wings - sails, on which the flowing water allows you to cool down inside the fountain. The whole thing is located in a shallow, reinforced concrete slab with a footbridge over it. The height of the fountain is approximately 9 meters, the size of the wall is 21 meters. There are LED lamps in the building that emit colorful light at night. The entire structure weighs 700 tons. The total cost of the fountain is PLN 3.72 million. In 1927, the Ground Construction Department of the Poznań City Hall announced a competition for the Freedom Monument to be erected in this place. The first prize went to the team: Władysław Marcinkowski and Marian Andrzejewski, the second to Zygmunt Otto, and the third to Marcin Rożek. However, the construction of the monument was abandoned due to the lack of an appropriate background and the impossibility of achieving an urban dominant. #poland #poznan #fountain