The fountain in front of the Ministry of Labor will be dry this year. The water was damaged by the employees
It could be sprayed, like a fountain on Freedom Square.
BRATISLAVA. If the Ministry of Social Affairs were better taking care of its property, Bratislava could have more a functioning fountain.
Instead, the fountain at Špitálská in front of the Ministry’s entrance is dry for years and its tiles are drilled. The water is only when it rains into it. At the time of writing the article was in the fountain Mlák with larvae of mosquitoes.
The SME daily also pointed out the state of the fountain in 2023.
The last time she sprayed water, even the ceramist Eva Šebová, daughter of Eva Trachtová, author of the ceramic tiles of the fountain, does not remember. He is nearby, regularly passing through the work.
“The repair has already been agreed,” says Šebová, who also met with representatives of the ministry during the previous management. « It was on the right track, but it fell after the exchange of the government. »
For clerical government It was supposed to find out the condition of the fountain pipes. According to Šebová, this has never happened. The travertine cladding on the edges bursts, delicate damage can also be seen on the glaze of ceramic lining, but according to Šebová would not be underwater.
« I offered to help them take care of the work and get money through grants and various challenges, » continues Šebová, who plans to address the new management of the ministry. She regrets that the state does not care about its works of art just when there is no money for new ones.
The ministry set up a parking lot around the fountain. « They turned her off when their cars started parking here, because splashing water made them spots on them, » says Šebová.
The fountains cool the surroundings, which is an advantage in the city.
However, the water in the fountains is adjusted by chemicals that may aggressively act on the body of the car, the brand attached to the fountain warns. When Ivan Maťušík (architect of the Hotel Kiev, the new market or Prior) in the 1970s he designed the square in front of the building, he did not count with the parking lot.
The fountain is a table with a parking ban. (Source: SME – Jozef Jakubco)There was no parking for Minister Ľudovít Kaník from 2002 to 2005, the cars were behind the curb in front of the fountain. Kaník for SME said that during his term of office the fountain worked.
The parking lot contributes in its present form to the tolerance of non -cultural behavior, the director of the Municipal Institute of Monuments Protection in Bratislava thinks Ivo Štassel. Šebová has the same opinion.
The current situation does not like the municipality who wrote in 2023 to the Minister of the Official Government SONE Gaborčáková leaf open. Mayor Matúš Vallo It was alerted to the state of the fountain and proposed to the Ministry cooperation in the restoration.
The SME daily asked the ministry at what stage the repair of the fountain is now. They did not answer the questions until the deadline, they promised them later.
