Fountain of Wisdom
Fountain of Wisdom is a fountain and sculpture by George Tsutakawa, installed out the Seattle Central Library, in the U.S. state of Washington.- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: fountain and sculpture in Seattle, Washington, U.S
- Address: 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seattle Central Library and William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse.
Seattle Central Library
Library
Photo: DVD R W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.
William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse is a federal courthouse in Seattle, Washington primarily used by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse is situated 490 feet northeast of Fountain of Wisdom.
Seattle Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Seattle Art Museum is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States. The museum operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill; and Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront, which opened in 2007. Seattle Art Museum is situated 1,500 feet west of Fountain of Wisdom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Seattle and Seattle.
Downtown Seattle
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown Seattle unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.
Seattle
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seattle, Washington sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest, with 780,000 people in Seattle and over four million people in the metro area.
First Hill
Suburb
Photo: Lethargilistic, CC0.
First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is named for the hill on which it is located, which in turn is so named for being the first hill encountered while traveling east from downtown Seattle toward Lake Washington.
Fountain of Wisdom
- Categories: fountain, sculpture, and tourism
- Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.60631° or 47° 36′ 23″ northLongitude
-122.33282° or 122° 19′ 58″ westOpen location code
84VVJM48+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 3211770150OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q122937313
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