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The subject matter of the new fountains also varied widely: there is a fountain honoring composer Claude Debussy (The Fontaine Debussy, Place Debussy, 1932); a fountain honoring the engineer who discovered the first artesian well in Paris (The Fontaine George Mulot, on the location of the first artesian well on Rue Grenelle): a fountain for ...
Fountain of the Parvis of the Palais Omnisport of Paris or Fontaine du Canyoneaustrate, Parc du Bercy, 1988. Gérard Singer, sculptor. A modern rendition of a water-carved natural canyon. Fontaine Charenton, Square, 177 rue de Charenton, 1986–1992. Fontaine Courteline, Place Courteline. Date unknown.
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Water for the fountains was supplied by the canal de l'Ourcq, begun by Napoleon at the beginning of his reign. The original fountains had no pumps and operated by gravity- water flowed from the basin at La Villette, where the water of the canal arrived in Paris, at a higher elevation than the Place de la Concorde. The overflow water went into ...
The fountain was commissioned as part of the decoration of the city to commemorate the solemn royal entry of King Henry II into Paris in 1549. Artists were commissioned to construct elaborate monuments, mostly temporary, along his route, from the Port Saint-Denis to the Palais de la Cité, passing by le Châtelet, the Pont Notre-Dame and the Cathedral.
Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains named after, financed by and roughly designed by Sir Richard Wallace and sculpted by Charles-Auguste Lebourg. They are large cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris , France, mainly along the most-frequented sidewalks.
The Stravinsky Fountain was part of a sculptural program, launched by the City of Paris in 1978, to build seven contemporary fountains with sculpture in different squares of the city. This project also included new fountains at the Hotel de Ville and within the gardens of the Palais Royal.
The most important monumental fountains he constructed were the Fontaines de la Concorde in the Place de la Concorde (1840), the fountains of the Champs-Élysées (1839–40), the Fontaine Molière (1841–44), the Fontaine Cuvier (1840–46), and the Fontaine Saint-Sulpice.