Hygea Fountain
ooh Academician Lebedev, 6, Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, 194044
Description:
The fountain "Hygeia" was created by architects D. Jensen and A. Stackenschneider. On the stone, made of bronze, under the goddess of Health is the skin of a lion, and near Jensen's venezel. The year of creation of the fountain - 1871.
Previously, the fountain was located in a small square near the building of the hospital surgery of the Military Medical Academy. At the moment, the fountain is located on the territory of the Academy itself on Akademik Lebedev Street.
Hygea is considered the goddess of health and the daughter of the god of healing Asclepius. From Asclepius Hygea inherited the gift of healing. The pedestal statue is a vase cast from cast iron.