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The statues known as Mariblanca are female figures of uncertain origin which may relate to the fertility goddesses Venus or Fortuna.

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The name, which is common in Spanish relates to a statue which was purchased in the year 1625 by a Florentine merchant Ludovico Turchi as a gift to crown the lost Fountain of Faith in Madrid.[1]

It is now the only element that remains of this monumental fountain, which was located on the church of Good Faith, which formerly stood in the Puerta del Sol.

There are now a number of copies and similar statues also known as Mariblanca. The origin of which is uncertain, but may relate to a religious anxiety related to idolatry or pagan representations of purity, fertility and grace other than those associated with the Virgin Mary.

Mariblanca also serves as a female Christian name.

See also

• Fountain de La Mariblanca
• Fountain of the Harpies

References

На других языках

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- [en] Mariblanca

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[es] Estatua y fuentes de la Mariblanca

La Mariblanca es una estatua de la ciudad de Madrid, situada en la Puerta del Sol, que entre 1630 y 1838 coronó la fuente de la Mariblanca, nombre popular de la también llamada fuente de la Fe, fuente del Buen Suceso, fuente de Venus o de Diana (según qué cronista), fuente de las Arpías (por los seres mitológicos que circundaban su pedestal) o primera fuente ornamental de la Puerta del Sol.[1][2][3][4]

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