Wrocław Multimedia Fountain
| Wrocław Fountain | |
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| General information | |
| Type | musical fountain |
| Architectural style | contemporary |
| Location | Wrocław exhibition ground, Wrocław, Poland |
| Coordinates | 51°06′32″N 17°04′44″E / 51.1087629°N 17.078923°E |
| Completed | June 4, 2009 |
| Owner | City Hall Company Ltd. of Wrocław |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | 1 hectare |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Gutkowski Company |
The Wrocław Fountain — Wrocław Multimedia Fountain, — Template:Lang-pl, is a multimedia musical fountain and ornamental pond in Wrocław, of western Poland. Fountain runs only during the summer season - from the last weekend of April or the first weekend of May to late October.
Description
The Wrocław Fountain is located in the historic Wrocław exhibition ground. It is next to the early modernist Centennial Hall, and encircled within the Wrocław Pergola.
Built in 2009, it is currently one of the largest operating fountains in Europe.
Multimedia show
The 1 hectare (110,000 sq ft) fountain incorporates over 300 jets to create moving-dancing screens of water. They are used, with music and light, by a computerized multimedia program for animated water shows.
During the day fountain unimpressed. However are spectacular nightly shows. The fountain is illuminated at night by 800 computer programmed coloured lights.
- Ice skating
When frozen in winter, the Wrocław Fountain becomes a 4,700 square metres (51,000 sq ft) ice skating rink.
Gallery
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Wrocław Fountain in daytime, with historic Centennial Hall beyond -
Wrocław Multimedia Fountain illuminated at night during a program -
Wrocław Fountain at night -
Wrocław Fountain at night
See also
- Sequencing fountain
- Centennial Hall (1913) — a modernist UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Index: Fountains in Europe
External links
- Official Wrocław Fountain website — (Wroclawska Fontanna — in Polish, English)
- Official city of Wrocław website: the Wrocław Fountain
- LEDS Magazine — Wrocław Fountain featured
- Wroclaw:Poland:The.Wroclaw.Fountain.Multimedia.Show.html TripAdvisor: "The Multimedia Show"
- Videos
- YouTube: Wrocławska Fontanna Multimedialna — multimedia visualization.