List Parisian fountains

The fountains of Paris are a whole of more or less monumental constructions, having a decorative function or more prosaically of drinkable water supply to the population. They were also books of poetry to open sky, because the Latin poet Santeul had decorated them under Louis XIV of admirable Latin poetries . They are dispersed on the whole of the urban territory, but more particularly in the parks, the public gardens or the places. One counts more than 200 fountains in Paris.

The lists below index the fountains having a historical or architectural interest.

Fountains urban furniture

  • the fountains Wallace: more than one hundred of small shelters, originally intended for the drinkable water supply.

Historical fountains

At the origin, the fountains gave access of the population to drinking water. The 19th century saw the appearance of a great number of fountains of prestige, purely decorative:

  • 1st district:

    • Fountain of the Cross of Trahoir, Street of the Dry Tree (1775) of Jacques-Germain Soufflot
    • Fountain of Innocent the, Street of Innocent the (1546)
    • Fountain of the Victoire, or fountain of the palm tree , or fountain of Châtelet , Place of Châtelet of Gabriel Davioud
    • Fountains of the French Theater, Place Andre Malraux (1874), of Gabriel Davioud

  • 2nd district:

    • Fountain of Diane, Street of Four-September
    • Fountain Louvois, Street of Richelieu, Public garden Louvois (1844)

  • 3rd district:

    • Fountains of Arts and Trades, Public garden Emile-Chautemps (1860)
    • Fountain Saint Louis, Street of Turenne (1671)

  • 4th district:

    • Fountain of the place of the Vosges, Place of the Vosges, (1811)

  • 7th district:

    • Fountain of Mars, Street Saint-Dominique, (1808)
    • Fountain the Four Season old, Street of Grenelle

  • 8th district:

    • Fountain of the Ambassadors
    • Fountain of the Circus
    • Fountains of the Harmony, Place of the Harmony (1840)
    • Fountain Mirror of Water, Which occurred Eisenhower

  • 9th district:

    • Fountain of Trévise , Quoted of Trévise (1840)

  • 10th district:

    • Fountains of the place of the Republic, Place of the Republic (1883)

  • 11th district:

    • Fountains of the place of the Republic, Place of the Republic (1883)

  • 12th district:

    • Fountain of the water Tower, place Daumesnil (place Felix-Swept) of Gabriel Davioud

  • 18th district:

    • Fountain of the water Tower of Montmartre, Place Jean-Baptist-Clement (1835)

  • 19th district:

    • Fountain with the Lions, Park of the Villette (1867)
    • Fountain of the park of the Villette, park of the Villette (1808)
    • Fountain of the basin of the Villette, Place Stalingrad

Contemporary fountains

Fountains built since the beginning of the 20th century:

  • 1e district:

  • 4th district:

    • Fountain Stravinski, Street Brisemiche

  • 9th district:

    • Fountains of the Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, Boulevard Richard-Lenoir (1995)

  • 13th district:

    • Fountain Héloïse and Abélard, Street Pierre-Gourdault
    • Fountain Souham, Place Souham

  • 14th district:

    • Fontaine Swell of Périchaux, Square of Périchaux (1974)
    • Fontaine Crucible of Time, Place of Catalonia

  • 15th district:

    • the Columns of water, Park Andre-Citroen (1990)
    • Fountain Béla Bartòk, Public garden Béla-Bartòk (1981)
    • Fountain of Hespérides, Atlantic Garden
    • Fountain Nélaton, Street Nélaton (1966)
    • Fountain Modigliani, Terrace Modigliani
    • Fountain of Polypores, Public garden Jean-Cocteau (1983)

  • 18th district:

    • Fountain of the public garden of Cloÿs, Street of Cloÿs
    • Fountain of the public garden Saint-Pierre, Public garden Saint-Pierre (1932)
    • Fountain of the public garden Tandou, Public garden Tandou (1986)
    • Fountain of the public garden Tristan Tzara, Public garden Tristan-Tzara
    • Fountain Steinlen, Place Constantin Pecqueur (1936)

  • 19th district:

  • 20th district:

    • Fountain of the place of the Festivals, Place of the Festivals (1985)
    • Fountain of the Hat-Red, Public garden of the Hillock of the Hat-Red (1938)

See too

Internal bonds

  • Artesian wells of Paris

External bonds

  • fountains in Paris, on the site of the SAGEP
  • Photographs of fountains in Paris

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