Buckingham Fountain - Chicago, Illinois, United States

tripwow.tripadvisor.com - Created at TripWow by TravelPod Attractions Buckingham Fountain Chicago Chicago's landmark is considered one of America's finest fountains due to its Beaux-Arts-style landscape design, finely wrought bronze sculpture and innovative use of technology. Read more at: www.travelpod.com Travel blogs from Buckingham Fountain: - "I also went to Grant Park (a small area of sculptures and strangely laid-out gardens) to check out the Buckingham Fountain and other little tourist hotspots" - "From the Planetarium I walked back along the lakeside and marina to see the beautiful Buckingham fountain and also a very unusual sculpture in the south of the park area which has lots of headless giant people walking" - "Just before I got to the concert grounds I walked by Buckingham Fountain and took a few pictures" - "We started off at the public library for some free internet and then after a tasty bagel from across the street walked down to Buckingham fountain which shoots water 150ft into the air on the hour every hour" Read these blogs and more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from: - Chicago, Illinois, United States Photos in this video: - "Wedding proposal at Buckingham Fountain" by Tanyabolt from a blog titled "The windy city" - "Buckingham Fountain at Millennium Park" by Cestlavie from a blog titled "Chicagoland" - "Ross family at Buckingham Fountain" by Saraishness from a blog titled "Chicago Day 2" - "Buckingham Fountain, Chicago" by Shaneandsam from a blog ...



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Hebe (mythology) the goddess of adolescence !Rang ( Punjabi ).Hawaii .50th State of United States !

In Greek mythology, Hēbē (Greek: Ἥβη) is the goddess of youth (Roman equivalent: Juventas). She is the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Hebe was the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia, until she was married to Heracles, (Roman equivalent: Hercules); her successor was the young Trojan prince Ganymede. Another title of hers, for this reason, is "Ganymeda." She also drew baths for Ares and helped Hera enter her chariot. In Euripides' play Heracleidae, Hebe granted Iolaus' wish to become young again in order to fight Eurystheus. Hebe had two children with her husband Heracles: Alexiares and Anicetus.In Roman mythology, Juventas received a coin offering from boys when they put on the adult men's toga for the first time. The name Hebe comes from Greek word meaning "youth" or "prime of life". Juventas likewise means "youth", as can be seen in such derivatives as juvenile. In art, Hebe is usually depicted wearing a sleeveless dress. There is a bronze statue of Hebe, by Robert Thomas; (1966), in Birmingham city centre, England (at 52.484438°N 1.892175°W). Antonio Canova also sculpted four different statues of Hebe: one of them is in the Museum of Forlì, in Italy. The figure of Hebe was popular in the 19th century and early 20th century for garden fountains and temperance fountains, and was widely available in cast stone. Tarentum, Pennsylvania displays two such cast stone statues of Hebe.[6] The mold for these statues was donated to ...



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