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La Fontaine (other)
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Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) was a French poet. La Fontaine may also refer to: Places * La Fontaine Park, Montreal, Quebec * Doué-la-Fontaine, a former commune in Maine-et-Loire, France * La Fontaine-Saint-Martin, a commune in the Sarthe ''département'', France * La Fontaine, Indiana, United States Other uses * La Fontaine (surname) * La Fontaine's ''Fables'', the most popular work of the above See also * De la fontaine (other) * Lafontaine (other) * Lycée La Fontaine (other) * Fountain (other) A fountain is a piece of architecture that pours or jets water for drinking or for decorative effect. Fountain or Fountains may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Fountain'' (1988 film), a Russian film directed by Yuri Mamin * ''Fountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages. After a long period of royal suspicion, he was admitted to the French Academy and his reputation in France has never faded since. Evidence of this is found in the many pictures and statues of the writer, later depictions on medals, coins and postage stamps. Life Early years La Fontaine was born at Château-Thierry in France. His father was Charles de La Fontaine, maître des eaux et forêts – a kind of deputy-ranger – of the Duchy of Château-Thierry; his mother was Françoise Pidoux. Both sides of his family were of the highest provincial middle class; though they were not noble, his father was fairly wealthy. Jean, the eldest child, was educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fontaine Park
La Fontaine Park (french: Parc La Fontaine) is a urban park located in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Named in honour of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, The park's features include two linked ponds with a fountain and waterfalls, the Théâtre de Verdure open-air venue, the Calixa-Lavallée cultural centre, a monument to Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, playing fields and tennis courts. Its ponds are a popular attraction during Montreal's hot summers, with outdoor ice skating in winter. Bike paths run along the park’s western and northern edges. Parc Lafontaine is surrounded by Sherbrooke Street on the South, Parc-La Fontaine Avenue on the West, Rachel Street on the North, and Papineau avenue on the East. History La Fontaine Park (formerly Logan Park) is located on the grounds of the old Logan farm. This land was sold in 1845 to the Government of Canada, which then used it for military practice until 1888. The soldiers of the British garrison housed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doué-la-Fontaine
Doué-la-Fontaine () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 30 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Doué-en-Anjou. It is located in the heart of Anjou, a few kilometres from the great châteaux of the Loire Valley. Sights The town was known as ''Vetus Doadum'' ("Old Doadum"), ''Teotuadum castrum,''. in Late Antiquity, identifiable in a document of 631 as ''Castrum Doe''. The foundations of a 6th-century circular baptistery beside the natural springs has been uncovered beneath the ruins of the pre- Romanesque church of Saint-Léger, itself destroyed in the 17th century. It was the site of a Gallo-Roman villa that was inherited by the Carolingians. In his villa here, ''Theoduadum palatium'', Louis the Pious was informed of the death of his father Charlemagne in 814 and hurried to Aachen to be crowned. The villa was turned into a motte in the 10th century, around which the village developed, in part in excavated troglodyte dwellings. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fontaine-Saint-Martin
La Fontaine-Saint-Martin () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Sarthe department The following is a list of the 354 communes of the Sarthe department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Sarthe {{Sarthe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fontaine, Indiana
La Fontaine is a town in Liberty Township, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 875 at the 2010 census. Its name means "The Fountain" in French. History The community was named after Francis La Fontaine, a Miami Indian chief. According to early maps, the town was originally known as Ashland. The La Fontaine post office has been in operation since 1848. The LaFontaine Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Geography La Fontaine is located at (40.673048, -85.721623). According to the 2010 census, La Fontaine has a total area of , of which (or 98.36%) is land and (or 1.64%) is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 875 people, 328 households, and 223 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 374 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.5% White, 0.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% from other ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fontaine (surname)
Lafontaine is a French topographic surname for someone who lived near a spring or well. Notable people with the name Lafontaine or La Fontaine include: * Allan La Fontaine, (1910–1999), Australian rules footballer * Andrea LaFontaine (born 1987), American politician * Antoine Ménard, dit Lafontaine (1744–1825), building contractor and politician in Lower Canada * August Lafontaine (1758–1831), German novelist * Charles Lafontaine (1803–1892), Swiss mesmerist * De Lafontaine (1655–1738), French ballerina * Denis La Fontaine (1929–2011), Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force * Don LaFontaine (1940–2008), American voice-over actor * Eugène Lafontaine (1857–1935), lawyer, educator, judge and politician * Fernand Lafontaine (1922–2010), Canadian politician * Francis La Fontaine (1810–1847), chief of the Miami tribe * Franz Leopold Lafontaine (1756–1812), German military surgeon * Gary LaFontaine (1945–2002), American fly fisherman and author * Henri La F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fontaine's Fables
Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. They were issued under the general title of Fables in several volumes from 1668 to 1694 and are considered classics of French literature. Humorous, nuanced and ironical, they were originally aimed at adults but then entered the educational system and were required learning for school children. Composition history Divided into 12 books, there are 239 of the ''Fables'', varying in length from a few lines to some hundred, those written later being as a rule longer than those written earlier. The first collection of ''Fables Choisies'' had appeared March 31, 1668, dividing 124 fables into six books over its two volumes. They were dedicated to ''"Monseigneur"'' Louis, ''le Grand Dauphin'', the six-year-old son of Louis XIV of France and his queen consort Maria Theresa of Spain. By this time, La Fontaine was 47 and known to readers chiefly as the aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De La Fontaine (other)
De la fontaine, De Lafontaine or Delafontaine may refer to: * Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, also known as La Fontaine, (1655–1738), French ballerina regarded as the first female professional ballet dancer * Agathe de La Fontaine (born 1972), French actress * Benoît Mottet de La Fontaine (1745–1820), French officer in the navy and colonies ministry * Christophe de la Fontaine (born 1976), industrial designer working and living in Germany * Edmond de la Fontaine (1823–1891), Luxembourgian jurist, poet, and lyricist * Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine (1787–1871), Luxembourgish politician and jurist * Jacques de Lafontaine de Belcour (1704–1765), French entrepreneur involved in various business ventures in New France * Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695), French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century * Léon de la Fontaine (1819–1892), Luxembourgish lawyer, politician and botanist * Marc Delafontaine (1837–1911), Swiss chemist wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lafontaine (other)
LaFontaine is a provincial electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the neighbourhood of Rivière-des-Prairies in the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles. It was created for the 1966 election from a part of Bourget electoral district. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. From 1992 to 2001, the riding also included the northern half of Pointe-aux-Trembles. It was named after the First Prime Minister of the United Province of Canada, Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Sir Louis-Hippolyte Ménard '' dit'' La Fontaine, 1st Baronet, KCMG (October 4, 1807 – February 26, 1864) was a Canadian politician who served as the first Premier of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible governmen .... Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycée La Fontaine (other)
Lycée La Fontaine may refer to: *Lycée La Fontaine (Paris) Lycée Jean-de-La-Fontaine is a lycée in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The school building, in the shape of an "open rectangle", was constructed on top of ancient fortifications. Construction began in 1935 and finished in 1938. Towa ..., France * Lycée La Fontaine (Niger) {{schooldis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
