This
monument symbolizes the City of Cincinnati and region as a whole.
Cast at the Royal Bavarian Foundry in Munich, the elaborate bronze
fountain was donated to the city in 1871 by Henry Probasco. The
43-foot-high fountain contains thirteen allegorical figures and
four bas-reliefs depicting the importance of water to our lives.
The central female figure, the Genius of Water, stands with arms
outstretched showering water from the palms of her hands. Nuremberg
sculptor August von Kreling (1819-1876) designed the fountain
in the 1840s for King Ludwig I of Bavaria, but it was not executed
until 1870 when Henry Probasco saw the sketches and commissioned
the piece as a suitable monument for the city, as well as a memorial
to his deceased brother-in-law and business partner Tyler Davidson.
The fountain was moved 30 feet in the 1960s and turned 180 degrees
to face west. The fountain was reconditioned for its 100th anniversary
by sculptor Eleftherios Karkadoulias and rededicated in 1971.
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