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Art & Places: Pinang Fountain, Georgetown

At the King Edward’s Place roundabout, there is a sculpture of areca-nut palm (or commonly known as betelnut) standing proudly to greet visitors with it’s unique modern look contrary with the historical Jubilee Clock Tower.

Pinang Fountain
Pencil on Moleskine. Coloring was done digitally.

Standing at 4.8 meters in height, the metal sculpture serves as a fountain where a spray of water comes up from inside the sculpture. Named as Pinang Fountain, the sculpture was erected to commemorate Pulau Pinang which translates ‘the Island of Areca-nut Palm’. History has it that when Portuguese traders discovered Pulau Pinang (which was a small uninhabited island back in the 16th century) they named it “Pulo Pinaom” as there were abundance of Arecanut Palm trees found around the island.

 

Reference:
http://www.penang-traveltips.com/pinang-fountain.htm
http://www.visitpenang.gov.my/portal3/about-penang/history.html

 

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