Fountain
Hattyús kút
Here you’ve got Hattyús kút, a stone fountain with a seated swan that anchors the streetscape at the crossing of Hunyadi János utca and Béke út, in front of the university club building—formerly the KISZ house. The story starts in 1917, when the decorative fountain was set up in Sopron’s city centre at Orsolya tér. Its maker was Vasata József, who carved it from Szentmargitbánya limestone, with the swan perched on a column and water spilling into a small basin from the column’s spouts. In 1929, it was moved to this spot because the town beautification association decided the fountain didn’t belong at Orsolya tér. …
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