Aino Fountain

The subject of the sculpture is the dramatic final scene of the story of Aino in the Finnish folk epic Kalevala. Having been promised as a wife to aging hero Väinämöinen, desperate Aino is shown being swept into the water along with a boulder. A resident of the underwater world of Ahtola is shown overturning the stone, while two maidens of Vellamo, the mistress of the waters, are pulling the stone into the water as a third calls to Aino to join them. Six fish have risen to the surface and spout water from their mouths: two perch, two pikes and two pike-perch. The work was completed in 1909 and originally stood in the courtyard of the private residence of businessman Uno Staudinger in Helsinki. The fountain was purchased by the city of Lahti in 1949 and has been located in its familiar place in Kartano Park ever since.

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In a park next to Lahti Historical Museum. – Kartanonkatu 1, Lahti.
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