Fountain the Drop of Honey

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The sculpture is made as two horizontal honeycombs joined by a huge drop of honey.
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  2. Lielā iela 6A, Saldus, Saldus pilsēta, LV-3801, Latvia
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The upper honeycombs symbolize the sky, the lower ones – the earth and the huge drop of honey drops from the honeycombs of the sky right into Kurzeme.As an additional element the fountain is decorated by subtle squirts of water, the number of which has been chosen according to the magic number 6 of a honeycomb – 6 squirts flowing upwards and 36 flowing downwards. The sculpture is made from stainless steel and granite and is created by Karlis Ile.The technological construction was performed by a construction enterprise “Saldus buve”, the hydro technical parts of the fountain were designed by M.sc.ing. Gints Jaudzems – an engineer from „Akvedukts”.