Category Archives: Fountains and Monuments

SCULPTURES OF AVENIDA DEL LÍBANO

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The path inside Jardín de las Delicias that leads to Plaza de América is known as Avenida del Líbano. It is framed by a series of rococo pedestals made in the 18th century by Cayetano de Acosta for the Archbishop's palace in Umbrete. On them rise a series of sculptures of Roman characters, replicas of the Italian originals from the 18th century that were in the Umbrete Palace itself. The replicas were made in 2006 when the originals were returned to Umbrete for better conservation.

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MONUMENT TO THE PAINTER JOAQUIN SOROLLA

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Monument erected in 1929 to the Valencian impressionist painter Joaquín Sorolla. The bust of the painter was made by the also Valencian José Capuz Mamano and on its base you can read 'SOROLLA MCMXIX' (1929). The pedestal comes from the Archiepiscopal Palace of Umbrete and was made in the Rococo style by Cayetano de Acosta in the 18th century. When used as the base of the monument to Sorolla, it was inscribed 'LA SECCIÓN DE BELLAS ARTES DEL ATENEO'.

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HIGH HALL OR SALÓN ALTO

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This set is made up of a rectangular base with a slatted floor that is raised by means of a three-step tier. In the corners are a series of four Rococo pedestals made by Cayetano de Acosta in the 18th century. On them we see four vases made of artificial stone. They are replicas of those made for the Jardines de Cristina, in front of the Palacio de San Telmo. They were arranged here during the remodeling of the garden undertaken in 2007. Originally, a series of sculptures representing the Greek gods Apollo, Zeus, Ares and Hera were located on the pedestals, all of which have now disappeared.

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GRENADE OF THE COLOMBIAN PAVILION

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This small monument was shaped as we can see it today in the remodeling of the Garden of Earthly Delights undertaken in 2007. It consists of a marble pedestal made in the 18th century in the Rococo style by Cayetano de Acosta. A grenade was placed on it, coming from the nearby Colombian Pavilion, built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

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FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE CHILD

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Baroque sculpture from the 18th century, made in Italy and from the Archiepiscopal Palace of Umbrete. It is a child figure of 1.70 m. approximately, holding a sea shell in an attitude of touching it. It is not clear if it is a representation of Neptune, the Roman god of the seas, or of his son Triton, who was believed to be capable of calming or fanning a storm by touching the shell. The marble vase of the fountain is 2.60 m in diameter and, like the mosaic that surrounds it, has an octagonal shape.

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Monumento a Urania en el Jardín de las Delicias de Sevilla

MONUMENT TO URANIA

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Urania was the Greek muse of astronomy and astrology, generally considered the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Here she appears in an Italian baroque sculpture from the 18th century, from the Archiepiscopal Palace of Umbrete. We see the muse bare-chested, holding a world sphere in her left hand and some documents, probably astronomical charts, in her right, in an arrangement full of elegance and beauty.

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Monumento a Venus en el Jardín de las Delicias de Sevilla

MONUMENT TO VENUS

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It is a set of sculptures that represents Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, accompanied by her son Cupid, the Eros of the Greeks, also considered the god of loving desire. They were made in Italy in the 18th century in the Baroque style and come from the Archiepiscopal Palace of Umbrete, from where they reached their current location in 1864. The pedestal also dates from the 18th century and was sculpted by Cayetano de Acosta in the Rococo style. The set measures about 3.5 meters.

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