The Well of Life, Ivan Meštrović’s 1905 bronze sculpture in Zagreb, rings a water-filled well with ten life-size figures from birth to death.
The Chapel Well: A Riverside Spring in North Ayrshire
The Chapel Well in Irvine, North Ayrshire, is a riverside stone alcove spring linked to a lost St Mary’s Chapel, now a wishing well of thrown coins and luck.
Banganga Tank: A Nordic Architect at the Water’s Edge
A Scandinavian architect reads Mumbai’s Banganga Tank — its arrow-struck spring, descending steps, lamp-lit ritual, and sweet water beside the sea.
St Doulagh’s Church: Ireland’s Oldest Stone-Roofed Holy Well
St Doulagh’s Church near Balgriffin, County Dublin, holds Ireland’s only surviving detached baptistry, an octagonal building raised over a holy well and spring.
The Archibald Fountain: Sicard’s Apollo in Hyde Park, Sydney
Inside the Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney: François-Léon Sicard’s 1932 bronze Apollo, its tiered basins, mythic groups, and Parisian civic ambition.
Kheer Bhawani Temple: A Spring That Changes Colour
A Nordic architect reads Kheer Bhawani Temple near Srinagar — a shrine built over a sacred spring that changes colour, and the kheer offered to its goddess.