Friday
Feb272009
Elegance with Scary Horns
Friday, February 27, 2009 at 5:10PM
This fountain stands at the foot of the cathedral. It was designed by Paulo Antonio Pisoni, who completed the Cathedral of St. Urs and Viktor in Solothurn after his uncle’s, Gaetano Matteo Pisoni’s, death.
The neoclassical basin, column and urn conform clearly with the Louis XVI style, but in a local touch a pair of “Uristier” (warriors from the Swiss canton of Uri wearing horns) mouth the water pipes.