With its meticulously restored interior, expansive galleries and soaring dome, it continues to offer a magnificent setting for trade shows, fairs and cultural events. The Exhibition Fountain by Josef Hochgurtel is of Portland cement built in 1880. Josef Hochgurtel was born in Cologne, Germany, and trained under Herr Fuels, who modelled the Cologne Cathedral. In creating the Exhibition Fountain, he was assisted by August Saupe, who had worked on similar pieces in Berlin, Dresden and Copenhagen.
The colossal fountain stands some 10 metres high on the south side of the Royal Exhibition Building, outside the Great Hall. It was constructed for the first of Melbourne’s two grand international world fairs. The fountain’s visual elements were designed to display the young colony’s confidence and advancement, simultaneously signalling the purpose of world fairs to display the produce and industry of nations.
The interior of the building is as remarkable as the exterior and the photos of it below were taken during one of the annual Flower Shows that are held there.
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Very cool, but WOW - what a crowd!
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Quite a number of places in Australia have been chosen as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, some of them architectural, more of them natural. I love Exhibition Building in Carlton, but my favourites are the British convict sites built during our early colonial history.
ReplyDeleteWonderful and impressive historical building!! Interesting place for exhibition and cultural events, indeed! Best regards!
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