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Triton Fountain

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Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Triton Fountain
Hours:
Sunday12am - 12am
Monday12am - 12am
Tuesday12am - 12am
Wednesday12am - 12am
Thursday12am - 12am
Friday12am - 12am
Saturday12am - 12am


The Triton Fountain is a fountain located on the periphery of the City Gate of Valletta, Malta. It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a huge basin, balanced on a concentric base built out of concrete and clad in travertine slabs. The fountain is one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks. Designed and constructed between 1952 and 1959 under no less than three governing bodies, and conceived jointly by eminent sculptor Chevalier Vincent Apap and his collaborator draughtsman Victor Anastasi, the fountain became unofficially operational on Saturday 16 May 1959. The fountain was used as a stage for National Celebrations named 'Mill-Maltin għall-Maltin' and is popularly believed that it might have contributed to the dramatic collapse of the sculptural group on Wednesday 1 March 1978. This statement has been technically proven incorrect since the sculptural group contained no structural armature to bear the weight of the water laden basin, which subsequently collapsed due to metal fatigue and creep. The sculptural group was repaired by Malta Drydocks engineers between January 1986 and April 1987. During this intervention a central sculptural addition consisting of three seagulls and seaweed was introduced within the sculptural group, however this arrangement subsequently diminished the role of the gigantic Triton figures. The fountain deteriorated in subsequent decades, until the bronze figures were dismantled and restored in 2017. Works were ready by the end of the year, and the fountain and piazza were officially inaugurated on 12 January 2018.
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