key fountain sankt veit der glan austria

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Key Fountain in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

The main square in the Austrian town Sankt Veit an der Glan, which is a sea of flowers from spring to autumn, is surrounded by characteristic, mostly three-storey houses. The Key Fountain (Schlusselbrunnen), whose ancient basin is thought to have adorned the forum of the Roman town of Virunum, is topped by a small, grotesque, bronze figure from 1566 in a 16C miners costume, the SchlÃÂ¼sselbrunnbartele, which is now the town mascot. In the center of the square there is the traditional Plague Column.