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Caritas Well

Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark · built 1608

The Caritas Well (Danish: Caritasbrønden), also known as the Caritas Fountain (Danish: Caritasspringvandet), is the oldest fountain in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in 1608 by Christian IV and is located on Gammeltorv, now part of the Strøget pedestrian zone. It is known for the Golden Apples "jumping" on the Queen's birthday.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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