Memorial or cemetery · 1947
Boys with a Fish
At the foot of Viru hill in Tallinn, near the Viru street and Pärnu road junction, a little triangular garden with a fountain existed already in the late 19th century; its first sculpture showed three small boys with frogs on a tall pedestal. It was destroyed by bombing in the Second World War, though the basin survived. In 1946 Voldemar Mellik made a new bronze for it, 'Boys with a Fish', set on a lower square granite pedestal with fish heads spouting water from all four sides, and the restored garden was completed in 1947.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Tallinnas Virumäe jalamil Viru tänava ja Pärnu maantee ristmiku lähedal oli kolmnurkne haljasala purskkaevuga olemas juba 19. sajandi lõpul; selle esimene skulptuur kujutas kõrgel postamendil kolme poisikest konnadega. See hävis Teise maailmasõja pommitamises, kuid veesilm säilis. 1946. aastal valmistas Voldemar Mellik selle jaoks uue pronkskuju „Poisid kalaga”, mis paigutati madalamale kandilisele graniitpostamendile, mille igast neljast küljest sülgavad vett kalapead; taastatud haljasala valmis 1947. aastal.