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A mercury fountain is a fountain constructed for use with liquid metallic mercury ("quicksilver") rather than water.

Mercury fountains existed in some castles in Islamic Spain; the most famous one was located at the Kasr-al-Kholaifa in Córdoba.[citation needed]

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Mercury fountain

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A mercury fountain is a fountain constructed for use with liquid metallic mercury ("quicksilver") rather than water. Mercury fountains existed in some...

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Fountain of Mercury

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The Fountain of Mercury is installed in Mexico City's Alameda Central, in Mexico. The fountain's statue depicts Mercury (sometimes referred to as Hermes)...

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Tom Quad

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worth a hefty sum, and donated by the Empress of Japan. The base of the fountain was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect who designed much of India's...

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Crimson fans think no-one can play anymore." The band's second album, Mercury Fountain, was released in 2017. The title of this album references an Alexander...

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Alexander Calder

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painted wood, metal, string, Honolulu Museum of Art Mercury Fountain (1937), sheet metal and liquid mercury metal Devil Fish (1937), sheet metal, bolts and...

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Reston Town Center

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built around Fountain Square, a medium-sized open area between the surrounding shops. The main landmark in Fountain Square is Mercury Fountain, designed...

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Chaillot Palace of the Museums of Modern Art Pavilion of Spain Guernica Mercury fountain The Reaper Pavilion of the USSR Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Attractions...

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Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne

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depiction of the horrors of war, as well as Alexander Calder's sculpture Mercury Fountain and Joan Miró's painting Catalan peasant in revolt. Two of the other...

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Palais de Chaillot

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Chaillot Palace of the Museums of Modern Art Pavilion of Spain Guernica Mercury fountain The Reaper Pavilion of the USSR Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Attractions...

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Augsburg

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historic roundhouse 3 magnificent renaissance fountains, the Augustus Fountain, Mercury Fountain and Hercules Fountain from the 15th century, built for the 1500th...

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democracy, was displayed near Mercury Fountain, an overtly political work by Alexander Calder that incorporated mercury from the mines of Almadén. Today...

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Worker and Kolkhoz Woman

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Brabo Fountain

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The Brabo Fountain (Dutch: Brabofontein) is a eclectic-style fountain-sculpture located in the Grote Markt (main square) of Antwerp, Belgium, in front...

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Alameda Central

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Fountains and statues in the park include: Beethoven Monument Benito Juárez Hemicycle Désespoire Fountain of Mercury Fountain of Neptune Fountain of...

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Art and World War II

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The American artist Alexander Calder created the abstract sculpture Mercury Fountain (1937). The involvement of a non-Spanish artist was also an important...

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performative potential of the mechanical sciences." Other works by Calder Mercury Fountain Flamingo Mountains and Clouds Lipman, Jean; Franc, Helen Margaret (1976)...

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