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Sigolsheim
Haut-Rhin
Alsace

Place de l'Église

Fontaine de la Sainte-Richarde

Saint Richardis of Swabia

c. 840 - 894/896
Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Charles the Fat

Jacques Frédéric II Kirstein
19th century

Sigolsheim / Fontaine de la Sainte-Richarde

Description

Column with a sandstone statue of Saint-Richardis in an octagonal fountain basin.

Inscription(s)

Signed: Kirstein

Annotation

Restored in 2003.

Sculptor

Jacques Frédéric II Kirstein (1805-1860), French sculptor and goldsmith

Sources & Information

Petit Patrimoine, La fontaine monumentale à Sigolsheim.
Fontaines de France.

Locatie (N 48°8'4" - E 7°18'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fral058; Photograph: 15 April 2012
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