nursing top Stefano Valerio Pieroni sculpted this statue of King Bladud - a legendary king of the Britons who built Bath and created the city\'s hot springs using magic - out of Bath stone in 1859. During the 19th century, the King Bladud sculpture was displayed on the top of a fountain that was giving free mineral water at the junction of Bath Street. The fountain and the sculpture were then split in 1872 and removed from Bath Street. The fountain was moved to Bog Island and the sculpture was moved to the grounds of various houses on Entry Hill and in the gardens of Springfield Nursing Home. In 2007, the statue was placed in storage, but the Council was looking for an opportunity to return it to a public space. The King Bladud\'s Pigs in Bath project provided this opportunity. The statue was cleaned and installed with financial support from the project and individual donors. A pig modeled after the King Bladud\'s Pigs in Bath was added alongside the original sculpture to commemorate the successful public art project of 2008.
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