The Well Of Life — Attraction in City of Zagreb

The Well of Life (sometimes also At the Well of Life or the Fountain of Life) is a sculpture by the Croatian sculptor and architect Ivan Meštrović installed in front of the Croatian National Theatre on Republic of Croatia Square in Zagreb, Croatia.

It depicts people in various phases of life that crouch and twist their bodies around a well which symbolizes life, youth, and the source of eternal beauty.

The sculpture is circular with relief of ten naked figures, a child, love couple and the old man, life-size, that crouch and twist their bodies around a well which contains water. Strong facial expressions of the figures show the joy of life which alternated rhythmically makes the life cycle.

The figures are watching their reflections in the water, while their bodies appear to have been frozen in motion. The figures are arranged so that they show to viewer the purpose of the well, i.e., desire for life and joy, which can be seen best in young characters who are hugging and kissing as opposed to the old man who is at the end of his life and looks with grief into the well, a symbol of life. The sculpture depicts man's natural cycle, from...

Spring of life doing what's supposed to do....you drink water and get at least 10 years of life or if you're older than 50 you get younger 10 years. Off course this is pure subjective view of water consuming. Some say that when they took a bath in this spring they got 2 decades younger... kinda like sperm size, and some say that they got skin diseases. If you're lucky you can pull out water siren, topless and ready to make all wishes...

The Well of Life is a sculpture by the Croatian sculptor and architect Ivan Mestrovic installed in front of the Croatian National Theatre. It depicts people in various phases of life that crouch and twist their bodies around a well which symbolizes life, youth, and the source of...