The fontaine de la Régénération or fontaine d'Isis is a monument erected in 1793 at the former site of the

Bastille The Bastille (, ) was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was sto ...

in Paris, during a festival to commemorate the anniversary of 10 August, 1792. It featured a statue of goddess

Isis Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingd ...

flanked by two lions, with water springing from her breasts.

Jules Michelet Jules Michelet (; 21 August 1798 – 9 February 1874) was a French historian and an author on other topics whose major work was a history of France and its culture. His aphoristic style emphasized his anti-clerical republicanism. In Michelet's ...

, ''Histoire de la Révolution française'', t. 6, Patis, Chamerot, 1853, p. 220-221.

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