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The list of Paris fountains, existing and destroyed, is arranged by arrondissement below.Information from ''Paris et ses fontaines, de la Renaissance a nos jours'', Collection Paris et son Patrimoine, edited by Beatrice de Andia, Paris 1995. For the history of Paris fountains, see
Fountains in Paris The Fountains in Paris originally provided drinking water for city residents, and now are decorative features in the city's squares and parks. Paris has more than two hundred fountains, the oldest dating back to the 16th century. It also has mor ...
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1st arrondissement

Fontaine des Innocents The Fontaine des Innocents is a monumental public fountain located on the place Joachim-du-Bellay in the Les Halles district in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Originally called the ''Fountain of the Nymphs'', it was constructed be ...
, Corner of rue aux fers and rue Saint-Denis, later Place des Innocents. Built as a wall fountain in 1549, moved and transformed into a free-standing fountain in 1789, modified again during
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. Pierre Lescot, architect, Jean Goujon, sculptor. Fontaine de a Pompe de la Samaritaine. On the second arch of the Pont Neuf, on the side of the quai de la Corde. Built in 1549 and in operation until 1710, it was finally destroyed in 1816. Château d'eau de la Croix du Trahoir. The corner of rue de l'Arbre Sec and rue Saint Honoré. Rebuilt in 1606, moved in 1636, rebuilt in 1775. Jacques-Germain Soufflot, architect,
Louis-Simon Boizot Louis-Simon Boizot (1743–1809) was a French sculptor whose models for biscuit figures for Sèvres porcelain are better-known than his large-scale sculptures. Biography Boizot was the son of Antoine Boizot, a designer at the Gobelins manuf ...
, sculptor. Fontaine Sainte-Anne. In the courtyard of the palace on the
Île de la Cité Île de la Cité (; English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the Roman governor. In 508, Clovis I, the first King of the Franks, established his palace ...
. Built in 1626 bt architect Augustin Guilain and sculptor Pierre Bernard. Destroyed (?). Fontaine de Pilori des Halles. In the Marché des Halle next to the
pillory The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse. The pillory is related to the stocks ...
. Built 1601 by architect Pierre Guillan. Destroyed about 1820. Château d'eau du Palais Royale. Place du Palais Royale, 1719. Destroyed in 1848. Château d'eau des Tuileries. At the entrance of the
Tuileries Garden The Tuileries Garden (french: Jardin des Tuileries, ) is a public garden located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in ...
, at the corner of Rue Saint-Florentin and Place Louis XV (now
Place de la Concorde The Place de la Concorde () is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. ...
.) Built between 1765 and 1770, destroyed about 1820. Fontaine de l'Apport Paris. In the square in front of the Grand Châtelet, at the beginning of rue Saint-Denis. Built 1623, Destroyed in the 19th century. Fontaine du Diable. Corner of rue Saint-Louis and rue de l'Echelle. 1759. Probably by Jean-Baptiste Augustin Beausire. Built 1759, destroyed (?). Fontaine de la Halle-aux-Blés. Rue de Viarmes, at the foot of the column of Soissons. Built about 1764. Fontaine du marché Saint-Honoré. Built during the First Empire by the architect Molinos. Destroyed in 1956. Fontaine de la Pointe Saint-Eustache. Pointe Saint-Eustache, built 1806 by architect
François-Jean Bralle François-Jean Bralle (11 January 1750 – 12 June 1832) was a French architect and engineer, best known as for the construction of fountains in Paris during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bralle was commissioned to build fifteen new fountains in ...
. Fontaine de la place du quai de l'Ecole. Place quai de l'Ecole. Built 1806 by architect
François-Jean Bralle François-Jean Bralle (11 January 1750 – 12 June 1832) was a French architect and engineer, best known as for the construction of fountains in Paris during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bralle was commissioned to build fifteen new fountains in ...
. Moved in 1835 and later destroyed.
Fontaine du Palmier The Fontaine du Palmier (1806-1808) or Fontaine de la Victoire is a monumental fountain located in the Place du Châtelet, between the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Théâtre de la Ville, in the First Arrondissement of Paris. It was designed to ...
in
Place du Châtelet The Place du Châtelet () is a public square in Paris, on the right bank of the river Seine, on the borderline between the 1st and 4th arrondissements. It lies at the north end of the Pont au Change, a bridge that connects the Île de la Cité, ...
. Built 1806-1808 by architects
François-Jean Bralle François-Jean Bralle (11 January 1750 – 12 June 1832) was a French architect and engineer, best known as for the construction of fountains in Paris during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bralle was commissioned to build fifteen new fountains in ...
and sculptor
Louis-Simon Boizot Louis-Simon Boizot (1743–1809) was a French sculptor whose models for biscuit figures for Sèvres porcelain are better-known than his large-scale sculptures. Biography Boizot was the son of Antoine Boizot, a designer at the Gobelins manuf ...
. Moved and rebuilt in 1856, restored 1896–1901.
Fontaine Molière The Fontaine Molière is a fountain in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, at the junction of rue Molière and rue de Richelieu. Its site was occupied by a fountain known as the ''fontaine Richelieu'' until 1838, when it was demolished due to interfe ...
. 37 rue de Richelieu. Replaced the Fontaine Richelieu, by
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
, (about 1671.) The Fontaine Molière was built in 1841-44 by architect
Louis Visconti Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti (Rome February 11, 1791 – December 29, 1853) was an Italian-born French architect and designer. Life Son of the Italian archaeologist and art historian Ennio Quirino Visconti, Visconti designed many Pari ...
and sculptors Bernard Gabriel Seurre and
James Pradier James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, ; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculpture, sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassicism, neoclassical style. Life and work Born in Geneva (then Republic of Geneva), Prad ...
. Fontaines de la place du Théâtre-Français. Place André Malraux. These two fountains were built in 1867-1874 by architect Gabriel Davioud and sculptors Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Mathurin Moreau, Louis-Adolphe Eude, Charles Gauthier and François-Théophile Murgey. Fontaine de la Cossonnerie, 12 rue de la Cossonnerie, (1979), Pierre Mougin, architect
Les Deux Plateaux ''Les Deux Plateaux'', more commonly known as the ''Colonnes de Buren'', is an art installation created by the French artist Daniel Buren in 1985–1986. It is located in the inner courtyard (Cour d'Honneur) of the Palais Royal in Paris, France ...
, Cour d'Honneur of the
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, (1985–86). Patrick Bouchain, architect and
Daniel Buren Daniel Buren (born 25 March 1938, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French conceptual artist, painter, and sculptor. He has won numerous awards including the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1986), the International Award for ...
, sculptor. Fontaine Berger, Jardin des Halles, (1988), Louis Arrretche, architect. Fontaine Jules-Supervielle, Allée Jules Supervielle, Jardin des Halles, (1983), Jean Willerval and André Lagarde, architects Fontaine Nymphée, Jardin des Halles, (1988), Louis Arretche, architect Fontaine de la Pyramide, Cour Napoleon of the Louvre, (1988),
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, architect. Fontaine Saint-Eustache, Jardin des Halles, (1988), Louis Arretche, architect. Fontaine Saint-John Perse, Allée Saint-Jean-Perse, Jardin des Halles, (1988), Louis Arretche, architect. Fontaines Sphérades, Cour d'Honneur of the Palais Royale, (1985),
Pol Bury Pol Bury (26 April 1922 – 28 September 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francis ...
, sculptor. File:3911ParigiFontanaChatelet.JPG,
Fontaine du Palmier The Fontaine du Palmier (1806-1808) or Fontaine de la Victoire is a monumental fountain located in the Place du Châtelet, between the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Théâtre de la Ville, in the First Arrondissement of Paris. It was designed to ...
, 1806–1808, (1st arrondissement) File:Fontaine du Trahoir.jpg, Chateau d'eau de la Croix du Trahoir, 1606, moved 1636, rebuilt by Louis XVI in 1775. (1st arrondissement.) File:Fontaine Molière Paris 1st arrd.jpg, Fontaine Molière 1841–1844, (1st arrondissement)


2nd arrondissement

Fontaine du Ponceau, at the corner of rue Saint-Denis and rue du Ponceau, (about 1529, reconstructed in 1605 by Pierre Guillain, then in 1729 by Jean Beausire. Fontaine des Petits-Pères Noirs, Rue du Mail in the wall of the Abbey. (1671). Probably reconstructed by Jean Beausirsire (1726) Fontaine Colbert, Rue Colbert (1708).
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
, architect. Fontaine de la rue Montmartre, or Fontaine Desmarets, Rue Montmartre (1713), Jean Beausire, architect (destroyed.) Fontaine Louis-le-Grand (also known as Fontaine d'Antin), Rue d'Antin, (1707), Jean Beausire, architect. Destroyed in 1828 and replaced by the Fontaine Gaillon. Fontaine du Ponceau, Rue des Egouts, facing rue Saint-Martin, (1810). Gerard, architect. Destroyed. Fontaine de la Reine, (or de la Reynie, or Grenata). At the corner of rue Saint-Denis and rue Grenata. (Reconstructed 1732.). Jean and Jean-Baptiste-Augustin Beausire, architects. Fontaine Gaillon, 1 place Gaillon. (1828).
Louis Visconti Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti (Rome February 11, 1791 – December 29, 1853) was an Italian-born French architect and designer. Life Son of the Italian archaeologist and art historian Ennio Quirino Visconti, Visconti designed many Pari ...
, architect. Georges Jacquot, François Derre and Combette, sculptors. Fontaine de la place Louvois, Square Louvois, (1836–1839).
Louis Visconti Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti (Rome February 11, 1791 – December 29, 1853) was an Italian-born French architect and designer. Life Son of the Italian archaeologist and art historian Ennio Quirino Visconti, Visconti designed many Pari ...
, architect. Jean-Baptiste Klagman, sculptor. Fontaine du Monument-aux-Morts, interior court of the Mairie, (1992), Konikovic, architect. File:Fontaine Gaillon.JPG, Fontaine Gaillon (1828) File:FontaineLouvois09.jpg, Fontaine Louvois (1844)


3rd arrondissement

Fontaine des-Arts-et-Metiers, Square Emile -Chautemps, 1860,
Gabriel Davioud Jean-Antoine-Gabriel Davioud (; 30 October 1824 – 6 April 1881) was a French architect. He worked closely with Baron Haussmann on the transformation of Paris under Napoleon III during the Second Empire. Davioud is remembered for his contribution ...
, architect, Charles-Alphonse Gumery, August-Louis Ottin and
Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard (1810–1870) was a French sculptor and ornamentalist. Works Variants of the same fountain design were used by Liénard multiple times, with minor alterations: * Brewer Fountain, Boston (Massachusetts, United ...
, sculptors. Fontaine de l'Echaudé or Fontaine des Marais du Temple. At the corner of rue Vieille-du-Temple and rue du Poitou, 1624. Augustin Guillatin, architect, restored by Jean Beausire. Destroyed in 1880. Fontaine des Haudriettes, at the corner of rue des Haudriettes and rue des Archives, built about 1636, rebuilt 1770. Moreau-Desproux, architect. Fontaine du marché Saint-Martin. In Marché Saint Martin. built between 1811 and 1816, Antoine-Marie Peyre, architect. destroyed. Fontaine du
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, Jardin de l'Hôtel Salé (the Picasso Museum), rue des Coutures-Saint-Gervais, 1985, Roland Simounet, architect. Fontaine de Paradis puis du Chaume. At the corner of rue de Paradis and rue du Chaume, 1628. Augustin Guillain, architect. Rebuilt by
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
in 1705. Fontaine Saint Louis. 41 rue de Turenne, built between 1671 and 1677, destroyed in 1843. A new fountain was built in 1847 by Isidore-Romain Boitel. Fontaine du Temple. Rue du Temple, 1700,
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
, architect. Reconstructed during the First Empire by Louis-Simon Bralle. Later destroyed. Fontaine du Vertbois or Saint-Martin. Rue Saint-Martin against a tower of the Convent of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, at the corner of rue du Vertbois. 1712, Jean Bullet, architect.


4th arrondissement

Fontaine de Birague, Fontaine des Jesuites or Fontaine Sainte-Catherine. Rue de Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis. About 1579. Reconstructed in 1627 by Augustin Gullain, and in 1707 by Jean Beausire. Destroyed in 1856. Fontaine de l'Apport-Baudoyer, Place de l'Apport Baudoyer, built 1626, Augustin Guillan, architect. Destroyed. Fontaine de la Grève, Place de Grève. 1625. Built by Augustin Guillain, architect and Franceso Bordini, sculptor. Destroyed in 1638 and rebuilt by the same architect, then destroyed finally in 1674. The first Fontaine du Parvis Notre-Dame. Parvis of Notre-Dame cathedral. 1625, by architect Augustin Guillain and Francesco Bordini, sculptor. Destroyed in 1638. Rebuilt by same architect, then destroyed in 1738. Fontaine des Blancs-Manteaux or des Guillemites. Rue de Blancs-Manteaux. Originally in the wall of the Abbey, then at the corner of this street and rue des Guillemites, since 1930 in square des Blancs-Manteaux. Built in 1655, rebuilt in 1719 by
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
. Fontaine des Tournelles, at the corner of rue des Tournelles and the square in front of the Bastille. (before 1716). Destroyed. Fontaine du marché Saint-Jean, Place marché Saint-Jean, about 1717. Destroyed. Fontaine Maubuée, Corner of rue Saint-Martin and rue Maubuée, 1733, by Jean-Baptiste Beausire. Moved in 1937 to the corner of the rue Saint-Martin and the rue de Venise. Second Fontaines du Parvis Notre-Dame, Parvis of Notre-Dame cathedral, 1806. Louis-Simone Bralle, architect, and
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, sculptor. The fountains were destroyed, but the vases are preserved at the Hôpital Lariboisière. Fontaine du marché au Fleurs, marché au Fleurs, quai Desaix, 1809. Molinos, architect. Destroyed. Fontaine de la rue des Vielles-Garnisons, Rue de la Tixeranderie, at the corner of Vielles-Garnisons. Built during the First Empire. Louis-Simone Bralle, architect. Destroyed. Fontaine du marché des Blancs-Manteaux. 8 rue des Hospitalières-Saint-Gervais. about 1819. Edme Gaulle, sculptor. Fontaines de la place des Vosges. First fountains in 1811 by Girard, replaced in 1824. Jean-François Ménager, architect. Fontaine de la rue des Lions-Saint-Paul. Built during the First Empire by Louis Simone Bralle. Destroyed about 1840. Fontaine Charlemagne, 8 rue Charlemagne, 1840. Fontaine de l'Archêveché, Square Jean-XXIII, 1843–45. Alphonse Vigoureux, architect. Louis-Parfait Merlieux. sculptor. Restored in 1901-02 and 1954. Fontaine de la bibliothèque Forney, Jardin de l'Hôtel de Sens, rue des Nonnains d'Hyères, 1957. Fontaine Saint-Merri, 16 rue de Renard, 1977.' Fontaine de l'Hôtel de Ville, Place de la Hôtel de Ville, 1983,
François-Xavier Lalanne Les Lalanne (sometimes translated as "The Lalannes" in English) is the term for the French artist team of François-Xavier Lalanne (1927–2008) and Claude Lalanne (1924–2019). Biographies Francois-Xavier Lalanne was born in Agen, France, and r ...
, sculptor
Stravinsky Fountain The ''Stravinsky Fountain'' (French:'' La Fontaine Stravinsky'') is a whimsical public fountain ornamented with sixteen works of sculpture, moving and spraying water, representing the works of composer Igor Stravinsky. It was created in 1983 by sc ...
, Place Igor Stravinsky, 1983, Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint-Phalle, sculptors Fontaine de la Reynie, Place Edmond-Michelet, 1989. File:Square Jean XXIII., Paris.jpg, Fontaine de l'Archvêché, Square Jean-XXIII, (1843–45) File:Fontaine rue Charlemagne.jpg, Fontaine rue Charlemagne, (1840)


5th arrondissement

Fontaine des barnabites, later called Fontaine Saint-Victor. Originally at the corner of rue Barillerie and rue de Vieille Draperie, in front of the palace on the Ile-de-la cité, 1606. Designed by Matthieu Jacques. Moved to the crossroads in front of the Abbey of Saint-Victor in 1664. Destroyed in about 1852. Fontaine Saint-Benoit, Place Cambrai. near rue Saint-Jacques, 1623. architect, Augustin Guillain. sculptor, Pierre Bernard. Destroyed. Fontaine de la Montagne Saint-Geneviéve, Rue de la Montagne Saint-Geneviéve, 1623. Augusin Guillain, architect and Pierre Bernard, sculptor. Destroyed. Fontaine Maubert or Fontaine des Carmes, Rue Maubert, 1623. Augustin Guillain, architect, Pierre Bernard, sculptor. Destroyed. Fontaine du Pot-de-Fer. 1671. At the corner of rue de Pot-de-Fer and rue Mouffetard. Michel Noblet, architect. Fontaine Saint Séverin, at the corner of rue Saint Séverin and rue Saint-Jacques. 1625. Augustin Guillain, sculptor. Reconstructed identical to the original by
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
in 1685. (As of May 2011, disappeared) Fontaine de la Porte Saint-Michel, rue de la Harpe, 1684. Terrade, architect. Destroyed. Fontaine de l'Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, or Fontaine Childebert. Originally at the corner of rue Childebert and rue Sainte-Marguerite, (1715–1717), by architects Victor-Thierry Dailly and
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
. Dismantled to make way for Boulevard Saint-Germain and moved to square Langevin, against the wall of the former Ecole Polytechnique. Fontaine de la place Maubert, Place Maubert. First Empire. Jean Rondolet, architect. Destroyed. Fontaine du marché aux Chevaux or de Poliveau, Rue du Jardin-des-Plantes, 1806. Louis-Simon Bralle, architect, and Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, sculptor.
Fontaine Saint-Michel The Fontaine Saint-Michel () is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Michel in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was constructed in 1858–1860 during the French Second Empire by the architect Gabriel Davioud. It has been listed s ...
, Place Saint-Michel, 1858–60. Fontaine des Carmélites, or Fontaine Notre-Dame-Des-Champs, at the corner of Rue Saint-Jacques and the impasse des Carmélites. 1625. Augustin Guillain, sculptor. Destroyed about 1853. Fontaine de la Rue Censier, Rue Censier, at the corner of Rue Mouffetard. 1806. Architect, Louis-Simone Bralle, sculptor, Valois. Destroyed in 1866/1867. Fontaine Cuvier, corner of rue Cuvier and rue Linné, 1840–46. Alphonse Vigoureaux, architect, Jean-Jacques Feuchere and René-Jules Pomateau, sculptors. Fontaine Octave Gérard, Square Painlevé, 1909. Jules Chaplain, sculptor. Fontaine Mauresque, Place du Puit-de-l'Hermite. 1929. Louis Azema, architect. Fontaine Capitan, Rue des Arenes, 1924. Fontaine de la Guérison, Fontaine Pelletier et Caventou, Place Louis-Martin, 1951, Pierre Poisson, sculptor. Fontaine de la Sorbonne, Place de la Sorbonne, 1980, Fontaine Lucien-Herr, Place Alphonse-Laveran, 1995. Bernadette Gourrier, sculptor. Fontaine Buffon-Poliveau, rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 1983 Fontaine de la Spirale, 11-19 rue Descartes, 1986, Denis Sloan, architect and Meret Oppenheim, sculptor. Fontaine de Contrescarpe, Place de Contrescarpe, 1992. Fontaine de l'Estrapade, Place de l'Estrapade, 1992. Fontaine Hydrorrhage, Museum de la sculpture en Plein air, jardin Tino Rossi, quai Saint-Bernard, (1975–77), Daniel Badani, architect and Jean-Robert Iposteguy, sculptor. Fontaines Laveran, Place Alphonse-Laveran, (1982), Bernadette Gourier, sculptor. Fontaine Jussieu, La Bouche de la Vérité, Place Jussieu, (1993–94), Guy Larrigue, sculptor Fontaine Mouffetard-Bazeilles, Pluie, Place Saint-Médard, (1990), Guy Larrigue, architect. Fontaine Saint-Julien-l'hospitalier, Square Viviani, (1995), Georges Jeanclos, sculptor File:Fontaine de L'Abbaye Saint-Germain-des-Pres Paris.JPG, Fontaine de L'Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Pres, (1714-1717). It was moved in the 19th century to make room for the
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, and now is in Square Langevin, in the 5th arrondissement. File:Masqueron of Fontaine de l'Abbaye Saint-Germain-des-Pres.JPG, Masqueron of the Fontaine de l'Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Pres (1714-1717) File:FontaineCuvier01.jpg, Fontaine Cuvier (1840-1846) File:Fontaine Place Maubert Paris.JPG, Fontaine de la Place Maubert (date unknown, probably 19th century) File:Fontaine Octave Gerard.JPG, Fontaine Octave Gérard, Square Painlevé, (1909.) File:Fontaine Capitan Paris.JPG, Fontaine Capitan, rue des Arenes, (1924) File:S7001500.JPG, Fountain Place de La Sorbonne (1980) File:Fontaine Jussieu.JPG, Fontaine Jussieu, Place Jussieu (1993–94)


6th arrondissement

Fontaine Saint-Côme. At the corner of the rue de Codeliers and rue de la Harpe. 16th century. Rebuilt by Jean Beausire against the wall of the church of Saint-Côme-Saint-Damien. Later destroyed.
Medici Fountain The Medici Fountain (french: la fontaine Médicis) is a monumental fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was built in about 1630 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France and regent ...
, Luxembourg Gardens, about 1630. Attributed to
Salomon de Brosse Salomon de Brosse (c. 1571 – 8 December 1626) was an early 17th-century French architect who moved away from late Mannerism to reassert the French classical style and was a major influence on François Mansart. Life Salomon was born in V ...
but more probably by
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, architect. Moved thirty meters to make room for new boulevard and rebuilt in 1864. Fontaine de la Charité, Rue Taranne, between 1671 and 1677. Destroyed. Fontaine Palatine or Fontaine Garancière, rue Garancière. 1715. Fontaine des Cordeliers, Rue des Cordeliers, about 1717. Probably by Jean Beausire, architect. Destroyed at the end of the 19th century.
Fontaine de Léda The Fontaine de Léda, also sometimes referred to as the Fontaine du Regard, is a Parisian sculptural wall fountain built in 1806–1808 during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte. The fountain depicts the legend of Leda and the Swan, with a ce ...
, 1806–09, Originally corner of rue du Regard, moved 1858 and placed behind the
Medici Fountain The Medici Fountain (french: la fontaine Médicis) is a monumental fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was built in about 1630 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France and regent ...
in Luxembourg Gardens. Fontaine de la place de l'Ecole-de-Médicine, 1803–1807. Jacques Gondoin, architect. Destroyed 1835. Fontaine du Palais des Beaux-Arts, or Fontaine de l'Institut. 1806–1810. Léon Vaudoyer, sculptor. The fountain was taken out of service in 1865. The lions that decorated the fountain were moved in 1950 to the square between rue-6-juin-1944 and rue-du-25-aout-1944 in Boulogne-Billancourt, where they can be seen today. Fontaine du marché des Carmes, originally in the marché des Carmes, now in Square Gabriel-Pierné, (1819). Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard, sculptor. Fontaine de la Paix. Allée du Séminaire, originally at the marché Saint-Germain, moved in 1821 to Place Saint Sulpice, moved to present location in 1935. Detournelle, architect, and Caraffe, Voinier, Jean-Joseph Espercieux, Marquis, sculptors. Fontaine des Orateurs Sacrés or
Fontaine Saint-Sulpice The Fontaine Saint-Sulpice (also known as the Fontaine de la place Saint-Sulpice or as the Fontaine des Orateurs-Sacré) is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Sulpice in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1843 a ...
. Place Saint-Sulpice. 1843–1848.
Louis Visconti Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti (Rome February 11, 1791 – December 29, 1853) was an Italian-born French architect and designer. Life Son of the Italian archaeologist and art historian Ennio Quirino Visconti, Visconti designed many Pari ...
, architect.
Fontaine de l'Observatoire The Fontaine de l'Observatoire is a monumental fountain located in the Jardin Marco Polo, south of the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, with sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. It was dedicated in 1874. It is also known ...
, Jardin de l'Observatoire, 1867–74. Gabriel Davioud, architect, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, principal sculptor. Bassin Soufflot, or bassin de la place Edmond Rostand. 1862–63. Place Edmond Rostande. Gabriel Davioud, architect. Sculptural group added to fountain in 1884.
Gustave Crauck Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauck (or Crauk; 16 July 1827 – 17 November 1905) was a French sculptor with a long distinguished career. He was born and died at Valenciennes, where a special museum for his works was erected in his honor. Educat ...
, sculptor. Fontaine de Eugène Delacroix, Luxembourg Gardens, 19th century, architect unknown. Fontaine Pastoral, Square Saint-Germain-des-Prés, square Felix Desruelles. 1914. Ollivier, architect. Felix Desruelles, sculptor. Fontaine Jacob, 2 rue Jacob, 1978, Guy Larrigue, sculptor. Fontaine Littré, 4 rue Littré 1983, Shamaï Haber, sculptor (disappeared) Fontaine du Québec, Embâcle, Place du Québec, 1984, Alfred Gindre, architect and Charles Daudelin, sculptor. File:Garancière04.JPG, Fontaine Palatine, 12 rue Garancière (1715) File:Fontaine de Leda, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris 27 April 2010.jpg ,
Fontaine de Léda The Fontaine de Léda, also sometimes referred to as the Fontaine du Regard, is a Parisian sculptural wall fountain built in 1806–1808 during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte. The fountain depicts the legend of Leda and the Swan, with a ce ...
, , behind the
Medici Fountain The Medici Fountain (french: la fontaine Médicis) is a monumental fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was built in about 1630 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France and regent ...
in Luxembourg Gardens. File:Fontaine Square Gabriel Pierne.JPG, Fontaine du marché des Carmes, Square Gabriel-Pierné, (1819). ( 6th arrondissement). File:Fontaine_Saint-Sulpice_Paris_2008-03-14.jpg,
Fontaine Saint-Sulpice The Fontaine Saint-Sulpice (also known as the Fontaine de la place Saint-Sulpice or as the Fontaine des Orateurs-Sacré) is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Sulpice in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1843 a ...
, Place Saint-Sulpice, (1843–48) File:Fontaine Jacob Paris.JPG, Fontaine Jacob, 2 rue Jacob, (1978)


7th arrondissement

Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons or Fontaine de Grenelle. 57-59 rue de Grenelle, 1739. Edme Bouchardon, architect and sculptor. Fontaine de l'esplenade des Invalides, or Fontaine du Lion de Saint-Marc. Esplenade des Invalides, 1800–1804. Charles Percier and August Fontaine, architects, and T Trepat and Chauvet, sculptors. The fountain was originally built to display the lion from
Piazza San Marco Piazza San Marco (; vec, Piasa San Marco), often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as ''la Piazza'' ("the Square"). All other urban spaces in the city (exc ...
in
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, brought to Paris by
Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
. The statue was removed in 1815 after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, and the pedestal was destroyed in 1840. Fontaine de la place de La Madeleine, Square Santiago-du-Chili. and place Francois-Ier (8th arrondissement), 1864–65. originally in the place de La Madeleine. Gabriel Davioud, architect and Francois-Theophile Murget, sculptor. Moved to its present location near the Hotel des Invalides in 1902.
Fontaine du Fellah The Fontaine du Fellah, also known as the Egyptian Fountain, located at 52 rue de Sèvres in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris, next to the entrance of the Vaneau (Paris Métro), Vaneau metro station, was built in 1806 ...
, or Egyptian Fountain. 42 Rue de Sèvres, 1806–1808. Louis-Simon Bralle, architect, Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, sculptor. The original statue was replaced by another by Gechter in 1844. Fontaine du Gros-Caillou, or Fontaine de Mars. 129-131 rue Saint-Dominique, 1806. Louis-Simon Bralle, architect, Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, sculptor. Bassins of Place du Maréchal-Joffre, 1958, Creusot, architect. Fontaine de l"Intendant, Jardin de l'Intendant, boulevard de La Tour Maubourg, 1980, Bertrand Monnet, architect. In May 2011 the basin was empty and the fountain was not working. Fontaine Saint-Jean, Square Saint-Jean-de-Grenelle, 147 rue de Grenelle 1987. File:Fontaine du Fellah Paris.JPG,
Fontaine du Fellah The Fontaine du Fellah, also known as the Egyptian Fountain, located at 52 rue de Sèvres in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris, next to the entrance of the Vaneau (Paris Métro), Vaneau metro station, was built in 1806 ...
, 1806–08, (7th arrondissement) File:Fontaine de Mars.jpg, Fontaine de Mars, 1806. (7th arrondissement) File:Fontaine de la Place de La Madeleine Paris.JPG, Fontaine de la Place de La Madeleine (1864–65). Originally in front of the Church de la Madeleine, moved in 1902. (7th arrondissement). File:Fontaine de l'Intendant Paris.JPG, Fontaine de l'Intendant (1980), in the Jardin de l'Intendant next to the Church of Les Invalides (7th arrondissement)


8th arrondissement

Fontaine du Cirque Gardens of the Champs-Elysées, 1839.
Jacques-Ignace Hittorff Jacques Ignace Hittorff or, in German, Jakob Ignaz Hittorff (, ) (Cologne, 20 August 1792 – 25 March 1867) was a German-born French architect who combined advanced structural use of new materials, notably cast iron, with conservative Beaux ...
, architect. Originally placed in the Rond-Point of the Champs-Élysées, it was removed in 1863 and replaced with the six basins designed by
Gabriel Davioud Jean-Antoine-Gabriel Davioud (; 30 October 1824 – 6 April 1881) was a French architect. He worked closely with Baron Haussmann on the transformation of Paris under Napoleon III during the Second Empire. Davioud is remembered for his contribution ...
. The fountain now stands in the gardens of the Champs-Élysées. Fontaines des Champs-Elysées, Gardens of the Champs-Elysées, 1840.
Jacques-Ignace Hittorff Jacques Ignace Hittorff or, in German, Jakob Ignaz Hittorff (, ) (Cologne, 20 August 1792 – 25 March 1867) was a German-born French architect who combined advanced structural use of new materials, notably cast iron, with conservative Beaux ...
, architect; Francisque-Joseph Duret, Louis Desprez, Jean-Auguste Barre, sculptors. Fontaine de Laborde, Square Marcel Pagnol, former square de Laborde. 1852.
Gabriel Davioud Jean-Antoine-Gabriel Davioud (; 30 October 1824 – 6 April 1881) was a French architect. He worked closely with Baron Haussmann on the transformation of Paris under Napoleon III during the Second Empire. Davioud is remembered for his contribution ...
, architect. Destroyed around 1968. It was replaced by the Fontaine Marcel-Pagnol in 1990.
Fontaines de la Concorde The Fontaines de la Concorde are two monumental fountains located in the Place de la Concorde in the center of Paris. They were designed by Jacques Ignace Hittorff, and completed in 1840 during the reign of King Louis-Philippe. The south foun ...
. Place de la Concorde, 1836–1840. Two fountains, symbolizing the sea navigation and river navigation in France, by
Jacques-Ignace Hittorff Jacques Ignace Hittorff or, in German, Jakob Ignaz Hittorff (, ) (Cologne, 20 August 1792 – 25 March 1867) was a German-born French architect who combined advanced structural use of new materials, notably cast iron, with conservative Beaux ...
. Fontaine de la place François-Ier, 1865,
Gabriel Davioud Jean-Antoine-Gabriel Davioud (; 30 October 1824 – 6 April 1881) was a French architect. He worked closely with Baron Haussmann on the transformation of Paris under Napoleon III during the Second Empire. Davioud is remembered for his contribution ...
, architect. This fountain originally stood in the place de la Madeleine. but was moved to its present location in 1909. Fontaine
Alfred de Musset Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007 ...
, ''Le Rêve du poèt''. Cour la Reine,
Grand Palais The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées ( en, Great Palace of the Elysian Fields), commonly known as the Grand Palais (English: Great Palace), is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arro ...
, 1910. A Moncel, sculptor. Miroir d'eau, la Seine et ses affluents. Avenue du General Eisenhower, 1910. Raoul Larche, sculptor. Fontaine du jardin du Petit-Palais. Cour la Reine, 1937. Raoul Lamourdedieu, sculptor. Fontaines du Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées, 1958. The first fountain was made of glass by Dufour, architect and Max Ingrand, master glassmaker. Restored in 1986. A second glass fountain was made by
René Lalique René Jules Lalique (6 April 1860 – 1 May 1945) was a French jeweller, medallist, and glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and automobile hood ornaments. Life Lalique's ...
for the Paris Exposition in 1925. It was destroyed and replaced by the present-day fountains by architect Auguste Lambouret. Fontaine Henri Bergson, place Henri-Bergson. 1969. Destroyed. Fontaine Marcel Pagnol, Square Marcel-Pagnol, place Henry Bergson, 1990. Replaced the Fontaine de Laborde.


9th arrondissement

Fontaine du Coq, rue du Coq, 17th century. The fountain is a vestige of the Chateau des Porcherons, built by the Le Cocq family beginning in 1380. The chateau was left in ruins after the
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, and was demolished in the mid-19th century, leaving only the fountain. Fontaine Cardinal Mercier. Rue du Cardinal Mercier, former rue Nouvelle. (Date of construction unknown.) Fontaine du Lycée Bonaparte, 1806–1807. Rue Neuve-Sainte-Crois, now rue Caurmartin. Fontaine Saint-Georges. Place Saint-Georges. 1824–1825. Auguste Constantin, architect. (Destroyed 1904). Fontaine Pigalle, or Fontaine de la Place de la Barrière-Montmartre, place
Pigalle Pigalle may refer to: Places ;Paris, France *Quartier Pigalle, an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements *Place Pigalle, public square in the Quartier Pigalle at the foot of the Montmartre ...
. 1862–1863.
Gabriel Davioud Jean-Antoine-Gabriel Davioud (; 30 October 1824 – 6 April 1881) was a French architect. He worked closely with Baron Haussmann on the transformation of Paris under Napoleon III during the Second Empire. Davioud is remembered for his contribution ...
, architect. Fontaine de la Trinité, Square de la Trinité, 1864–1867. Théodore Ballu, architect. Francisque-Joseph Duret, Eugène Lequesne and François-Théophile Murgey, sculptors.' Fontaine Stevens, rue Alfred-Stevens. 1933. Fontaine de-la-Cité-Trévise, Cité de Trèvise, about 1944. Fontaine Drouot, 9 rue Druout, 1980, Jean-Jacques Fernier and André Biro, architects, and Dominique Babinet, sculptor.


10th arrondissement

Fontaine du Chaudron, corner of rue du Chaudron and rue Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, about 1718. Destroyed. Fontaine du Faubourg Saint-Martin, Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin, 1848. Marie-Auguste Martin, sculptor. Destroyed between 1876 and 1933. Fontaine Verdun-Valmy, Place Raoul-Follereau, 1981. Fontaine de la Descent au Paradis, Hospital Saint-Louis, Reception hall, avenue Claude Villefaux, 1983, Daniel Badani and Pierre Roux-Dorlut, architect, Michele Blandel, sculptor. Aqua Candida, Cour d'Honneur of the gare de l'Est, 1988, Michele Blondel, architect. Fontaine Alban Stratagne, Square Alaban-Statagne, 107 bis rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, 1990.


11th arrondissement

Fontaine du Basfroid or Fontaine du Charonne, Corner of rue de Basfroid and rue de Charonne, 1719.
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
, architect. Fontaine de la Petite-Halle or Fontaine de Montreuil, corner of rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and rue de Montreuil, 1719.
Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...
, architect. Fontaine de la rue Popincourt, or Fontaine de la Charité, Rue Popincourt, 1806. Louis-Simon Bralle, architect, Augustin-Félix Fortin, sculptor. The fountain was destroyed, but the bas-relief was preserved, and is now found at 48 rue de Sévigné. Fontaine de l'Eléphant de la Bastille, Place de la Bastille, 1808. Célérier, Le Chevalier
Jean-Antoine Alavoine Jean-Antoine Alavoine (4 January 1778 – 15 November 1834) was a French architect best known for his column in the Place de la Bastille, Paris (1831–1840), the July Column to memorialize those fallen in the Revolution of 1830. The column, cons ...
, Pierre-Charles Bridan, architects. Model erected in 1817, removed in 1834. Fontaine du Marché Lenoir, Marché Lenoir in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine. Beginning of the 19th century, destroyed. Fontaine du marché Popincourt, Rue Ternaux, 1837, destroyed. Fontaine de la Roquette, 68 rue de la Roquette, 1846. Basins of boulevard Richard-Lenoir, Boulevard Richard Lenoir. 1860–1861. Gabriel Davioud, architect. Transformed during the second half of the 19th century, replaced in 1994. Fontaine du Triomphe de la République, Place de la Nation, 1879–1899. Jean Dalou, sculptor. The basin and water supply were removed in the 1960s, leaving only the group of sculptures. Fontaine Dejean, Place Pas du loup, 1906. Jean Camille Formigé, architect, Charles Louis Malric, sculptor. Fontaine de la Roquette, rue de la Roquette, 1977. Fontaine de l'Allégorie de la Liberté, Place Léon-Léon Blum, 1983, Fonquernie, architect, Marcello Tommasi, sculptor. Fontaine de la Cité Beauharnais, rue Neuve-des-Boulets,1986–88. Fontaine de l'Impasse-des-Jardiniers, passage Dumas, 1992. Jean Rechstener, architect and Michel Mourouc, creator of the mural painting 'L'art topiare,' on the wall behind the fountain. Fontaine du boulevard Richard-Lenoir, 1994. David Mangin, architect and Jacqueline Osty, landscape architect. '


12th arrondissement

Fontaine Hermann, or Fontaine de Rambouillet. Place du Colonel-Bourgoin, formerly Place Crozatier. Made in 1845, installed in its present location in 1882–1883. Fontaine de marché d'Aligre, Marché d'Aligre, 1846. Fontaine Sainte-Eugénie, 89 bis, rue de Charenton, 1846. Destroyed 1906. Fontaine du Château-d'Eau, or Fontaine Daumesnil, Place Félix-Éboué, 1869–74.
Gabriel Davioud Jean-Antoine-Gabriel Davioud (; 30 October 1824 – 6 April 1881) was a French architect. He worked closely with Baron Haussmann on the transformation of Paris under Napoleon III during the Second Empire. Davioud is remembered for his contribution ...
, architect, Henri-Alfred Jacquemart and Louis Villemont, sculptors. Originally located in the
Place de la République The Place de la République (known as the Place du Château d'Eau until 1879) is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. The square has an area of .Warner, p. 250 Named after the First, Second a ...
, it was moved in 1879 to its present location. Fontaine de la Port Dorée, Place Edouard-Renard, 1935. Louis Madeline, architect, Léon Drivier, sculptor. Fontaine Louttre, Parc Floral de Paris, route de la Pyramide, 1968, Marc-Antoine Louttre-Bissière, sculptor. Cascade Suisse, Parc Floral de Paris, route de la Pyramide, 1969. Fontaine du Point du rencontre, brumisateur, Parc Floral de Paris, route de la Pyramide, 1969. Jean Bernard, architect. Fontaine Stahly in the Parc Floral, in the
Bois de Vincennes The Bois de Vincennes (), located on the eastern edge of Paris, is the largest public park in the city. It was created between 1855 and 1866 by Emperor Napoleon III. The park is next to the Château de Vincennes, a former residence of the King ...
1969. This fountain, by sculptor
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and landscape architect Daniel Collin, is composed of blocks of granite intermingled with cascades and jets of water. Fontaine de la Baleine-Bleu, Jardin de l'ilôt Saint-Eloi, 1–17, rue du Colonel Rozanoff 1982, Michel Le Corre, conception, and Gabrielle, Brechon, sculptor. A ceramic representation of a
blue whale The blue whale (''Balaenoptera musculus'') is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of and weighing up to , it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can ...
. 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. Fontaines du Ministère, located in the courtyard of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, 1 boulevard de Bercy, 1988.
Paul Chemetov Paul Chemetov (born 10 october 1928) is a French architect and urbanist. He is best known for his collaborations with Borja Huidobro. Biography Chemetov was born in Paris on 6 September 1928. As a student, he belonged to the Union of Communist S ...
and Borja Huidobro, architects. Fontaine Charles-Péguy, Square Charles Péguy, rue Montempoivre 1989, Alain Gilot, architect, and Liliane Grunig Tribel, landscape architect. Fontaine Reuilly, Placette Reuilly, 1992. Roland Schweitzer, architect. Fontaines du jardin de Reuilly, Jardin de Reuilly, avenue Daumesnil, 1992. Pierre Colboc, architect. Fontaines de la Memoire,
Parc de Bercy The Parc de Bercy (English: Park of Bercy) is a public park located along the Rive Droite in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Development started in 1994 on the site of a former wine depot, before an official opening three years later by Mayor Je ...
, 1996. Bernard Huet and Jean-Pierre Feugas, architects. Fontaine Van Vallenhoven, Square Van Vallenhoven, date unknown. File:Athena - Porte Dorée.jpg, Fontaine de la Port Dorée, Place Edouard-Renard, 1935, (12th arrondissement) File:Stahly Fountain Paris.JPG, Fontaine Stahly, Parc Floral, Bois de Vincennes (12th arrondissement)


13th arrondissement

Fontaine Souham, Place Souham 1983, Alberto Guzman, sculptor. Fontaine à l'Outre, Jardin Baudricourt, rue de la Pointe-d'Ivry, 1985, Claude Mary, sculptor. Fontaines Michelet, Square Michelet, rue de Tolbiac and rue Wertz 1989, François Soulier, architect, and Michel Pena, landscape architect. Fontaine Juan-Mirò, Rue Gandon 1990. Fontaine Arago, Square Arago 69, boulevard Arago 1990, César Demela, architect. Fontaine Hélène Boucher, Square Hélène Boucher, avenue de la Porte-d'Italie, 1991. Fontaines Héloise-et-Abélard, Square Héloise-et-Abélard, 22 rue Pierre Gourdault 1991, Thierry Laverne and Philippe Raguin, landscape architects. Fontaines du Moulin-de-la-Pointe, Jardin de Moulin-de-la-Pointe, 109, avenue d'Italie,1992, Gilles Vexlard and Laurence Vachelot, architects.
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(2008), Place Augusta-Holmes, rue Paul Klee. Designed by Chen Zhen and completed by his widow Xu Min.


14th arrondissement

Fontaine des Capucins-Saint-Jacques, at the corner of faubourg Saint-Jacques and the present boulevard Port-Royal, (1848). Destroyed in 1866 or 1868. Fontaine de l"Aspirant-Dunant, Square de l'Aspirant Dunant, (early 20th century). Fontaine du Printemps, Square Mairie du XIV, (1927), Gilbert Privat, sculptor. Fontaine du Printemps, Square Calmette, (1932), Paul Manaut and Gilbert Privat, sculptors Fontaine Jean-Moulin, Square Jean-Moulin, porte de Châtillon, (1957). Fontaine Alésia-Ridder, Square Alésia-Ridder, 213 rue d'Alèsia (1972, 1976). Fontaine Vercingétorix, Place de la Porte-de-Vanves (1978) Fontaine Bardinet, Square Bardinet-Jacquier, rue Bardinet (1981). Fontaine du Creuset-du-Temps, Place Catalogne (1988),
Shamai Haber Shamai Haber (born February 15, 1922, Łódź, Poland) was a sculptor who lived and worked in Paris, France. He died in 1995 in Paris. Biography Haber was born in Łódź, Poland in 1922 but emigrated in 1935. He first went to Luxembourg and the ...
, sculptor Fontaines Ferdinand-Brunot, Mairie, 2, place Ferdinand-Brunot (1988), Bruno Courtade, architect. Fontaine des Hespérides,
Jardin Atlantique The Jardin Atlantique is a public park and garden located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, on the roof that covers the tracks and platforms of the Gare Montparnasse railway station. It has an area of 3.4 hectares. It was created by the ...
, pont des CInq-Martyrs (1994). François Brun, Christine Schnitzler, architect, and Michel Pena, landscape architect. Fontaine des Humidités,
Jardin Atlantique The Jardin Atlantique is a public park and garden located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, on the roof that covers the tracks and platforms of the Gare Montparnasse railway station. It has an area of 3.4 hectares. It was created by the ...
, salle des Humidités (1994), François Brun, Christine Schnitzler, architect, and Michel Pena, landscape architect. Fontaine des Miroitements,
Jardin Atlantique The Jardin Atlantique is a public park and garden located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, on the roof that covers the tracks and platforms of the Gare Montparnasse railway station. It has an area of 3.4 hectares. It was created by the ...
, salle des Miroitements, (1994), François Brun, Christine Schnitzler, architect, and Michel Pena, landscape architect.


15th arrondissement

Fontaine du Puits de Grenelle, Place Georges-Mulot, (1905). Commemorating the
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of Grenelle. Jean-Camille Formigé, architect; Waas, Georges-Philippe-Eugène Loiseau-Bailly, Firmin-Marcelin Michelet, Lefebvre. sculptors. Fontaine Saint-Lambert, Square Saint-Lambert, rue Theophraste-Renaudot (1957–58), Dupuis, architect. Fontaine Nélaton, the PPT Building, Rue Nélaton (1966), Pierre Dufau, architect and René Collamarini, sculptor. Fontaine Boule des Périchaux, Square des Périchaux, boulevard Lefebvre, (1974). Fontaine Wassily-Kandinsky, Place Wassily Kandinsky, (1974), Madame Balint de Jeckel, sculptor. Removed 1980. Fontaine de la Convention, 1 rue Alain-Chartier, (1979). Removed in 1994. Fontaine du Docteur-Finlay, 21 rue du Docteur-Finlay (1980), Michel de Sablet, designer. Fontaine des Polypores, Square Jean-Cocteau, rue Balard (1981),
Jean-Yves Lechevallier Jean-Yves Lechevallier, ʒɑ̃ iv ləʃəvæljeɪ born in 1946 in Rouen, Normandy, is a French sculptor painter, and laureate of the ''Flame of Europe'' art competition organized by the ''Robert Schuman association for Europe'' in 1977 to comme ...
, sculptor. Fontaine Béla-Bartók, Square Béla-Bartók, rue Rouelle, (1980),
Jean-Yves Lechevallier Jean-Yves Lechevallier, ʒɑ̃ iv ləʃəvæljeɪ born in 1946 in Rouen, Normandy, is a French sculptor painter, and laureate of the ''Flame of Europe'' art competition organized by the ''Robert Schuman association for Europe'' in 1977 to comme ...
, sculptor. Hommage à Brancusi, Hospital Necker, cour des Départs des convois, impasse Ronsin (1984),
François-Xavier Lalanne Les Lalanne (sometimes translated as "The Lalannes" in English) is the term for the French artist team of François-Xavier Lalanne (1927–2008) and Claude Lalanne (1924–2019). Biographies Francois-Xavier Lalanne was born in Agen, France, and r ...
, sculptor. Fontaines Aristide-Maillol, 103 rue Falguière (1984), Michel de Sables, designer. Fontaines Georges-Brassens, Parc Georges-Brassens, 36 bis, rue des Morillons, (1985), J.-M.Milliex and Alexander Ghiulamila, architects. Fontaine d'Alleray, Jardin d'Alleray-Procession, 58 rue de la Procession (1988). Fontaine Saint-Charles, Square Saint-Charles, rue Balard, (1989). Fontaine Saint-Haon, 21 rue Balard, (1991), Aymeric Zublena, sculptor. Colonnes d'eau,
Parc André Citroën Parc André Citroën is a public park located on the left bank of the river Seine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Built on the site of a former Citroën automobile manufacturing plant, the park is named after company founder André Citroën ...
, (1992),
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, Jean-Paul Viguier, Jean-François Joddry, architects, Alain Provost and Gilles Clément, landscape architects. Fontaines du Jardin Noir,
Parc André Citroën Parc André Citroën is a public park located on the left bank of the river Seine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Built on the site of a former Citroën automobile manufacturing plant, the park is named after company founder André Citroën ...
, (1992), Patrick Berger, Jean-Paul Viguier, Jean-François Joddry, architects, Alain Provost and Gilles Clément, landscape architects. Fontaines des Jardins Sériels,
Parc André Citroën Parc André Citroën is a public park located on the left bank of the river Seine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Built on the site of a former Citroën automobile manufacturing plant, the park is named after company founder André Citroën ...
, (1992), Patrick Berger, Jean-Paul Viguier, Jean-François Joddry, architects, Alain Provost and Gilles Clément, landscape architects. Nymphées,
Parc André Citroën Parc André Citroën is a public park located on the left bank of the river Seine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Built on the site of a former Citroën automobile manufacturing plant, the park is named after company founder André Citroën ...
, (1992), Patrick Berger, Jean-Paul Viguier, Jean-François Joddry, architects, Alain Provost and Gilles Clément, landscape architects.


16th arrondissement

Fontaine de la place d'Eylau, Place Victor-Hugo, former Place d'Eylau, 1837. Heudebert, architect. Destroyed between 1897 and 1901. Bacchantes, Jardin fleuriste, porte d'Auteuil, (1897).
Jules Dalou Aimé-Jules Dalou (31 December 183815 April 1902) was a 19th-century French sculptor, admired for his perceptiveness, execution, and unpretentious realism. Early life Born in Paris to a working-class family of Huguenot background, he was raised ...
, sculptor. Fontaine d'Avril, Square Galliera, 15 Avenue du President-Wilson, (1906). Pierre Roche, sculptor. Fontaine Levassor,
Porte Maillot The Porte Maillot (also known as the porte Mahiaulx, Mahiau or Mahiot after a Paille-maille court, or the Porte de Neuilly Alfred Fierro, ''Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris'', Robert Laffont, 1580 pages, 1996 ; page 848 : "the porte de Neuill ...
, (1907),
Jules Dalou Aimé-Jules Dalou (31 December 183815 April 1902) was a 19th-century French sculptor, admired for his perceptiveness, execution, and unpretentious realism. Early life Born in Paris to a working-class family of Huguenot background, he was raised ...
, then Lefevre, sculptors. Fontaine des Amours de Bagatelle. Parc de
Bagatelle Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the 19th century) past wooden pins (which act as obstacles) into holes that are guarded by wooden ...
, (1919).
Raymond Sudre Raymond Sudre (1870-1962) was a French sculptor. Early life Raymond Sudre was born on October 29, 1870, in Perpignan, France. He was tutored by sculptors Antonin Mercié and Alexandre Falguière. Career Sudre was a sculptor. He designed a bust o ...
, sculptor. Fontaine Joachim-Gasquet, Square du Fleuriste, port d'Auteuil, 7, avenue du Parc-des-Princes, (1923). Auguste Guenot, sculptor. Fontaine de l'Amour, or l'Eveil à la Vie, Place de la Porte-d-Autueil, (1926). Raoul Lamourdedieu, sculptor. Fontaine Claude Debussy, Square Claude-Debussy, (1932). Jan and Joël Martel, sculptors, Jean Burkhalter, sculptor. Fontaine Tolstoi, Square Léon Tolstoi, (1934). Cassou, sculptor. Fontaine Anna-de-Noailles, Square Anna-de-Noailles, (1935). Courbier, sculptor. Fontaines de la Porte de Saint-Cloud, Place de la Porte de Saint-Cloud, (1936). Paul Landowski, sculptor. Robert Pommier and Jacques Billiard, architects. Fontaines du Trocadéro, Esplanade du Trocadéro, (1937).
Léon Azéma Léon Azéma (20 January 1888 – 1 March 1978) was a French architect. He is responsible for many public works in France, especially in and around Paris. His most famous work is 1937 Palais de Chaillot, facing the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Early ...
, Louis-Henri Boileau, Jacques Carlu, architects. Alexandre Descatoires, Marcel-Antoine Gimond, Jean Paris (called Pryas), Paul Cornet, Félix-Alfred Desruelles, Paul François Niclausse, Robert Couturier,ç Lucien Brasseur, sculptors. The animals in the original cascade of Trocadéro (1878) were moved to the terrace in front of the
Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay ( , , ) ( en, Orsay Museum) is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art ...
, where they can be seen today. They were made by sculptors Alexandre Schoeneberg, Alexandre Falguière, Eugène Delaplanche, Ernest Hiolle, Aimé Millet, Mathurin Moreau, Emmanuel Frémiet, Alfred Jacquemart, Pierre Rouillard, and Auguste-Nicolas Caien. Miroir d'eau du musée d'Art Moderne, (1937). Félix Favola, sculptor. Fontaine de Varsovie, Jardin du Trocadéro, (1937).
Roger-Henri Expert Roger-Henri Expert (18 April 1882 – 13 April 1955) was a French architect. Life The son of a merchant, Expert first studied painting at the École des beaux-arts in Bordeaux, then from 1906 attended the École nationale supérieure des Be ...
, Paul Maître, Adolphe Thiers, architects. Daniel Bacque, Léon Ernst Drivier, Georges-Lucien Guyot, Paul Jouve, Pierre Poisson, Pierre Traverse, sculptors. Puits artésien de Passy, Square Lamartine, avenue Victor-Hugo (1956–1967), Dupuis, architect. Fontaine Victor-Hugo, Place Victor-Hugo (1964), Davy, architect and Max Ingrand, master-glassmaker. Fontaine du Pré-aux-Chevaux, Jardin du Pré-aux-Chevaux, rue Gros, (1990). File:Dalou Fontaine Serres d'Auteuil 01.jpg, Bacchantes by sculptor Jules Dalou, (1897), by the greenhouses of Auteuil, (16th arrondissement)


17th arrondissement

Fontaine de la Cascade, Avenue de la Porte-de-Champerres (1988), Charles Gianferrari, plastic artist. Fontaine Louis-Vierne, 6 rue Lous-Vierne (1989), Nicolas Bertoux, sculptor. Fontaine de la Pyramide, fontaine Conique des Ecoles, 7 avenue de la Porte-de-Champerette (1988), Charles Gianferrari, plastic artist. Fontaine Sainte-Odile, Square Sainte-Odile, avenue Stephane-Mallarmé (1976), Jean Camand, architect. L'arc au nuage, ZAC Saussure. 28 bis, boulevard Pereire (1989), Sadko, sculptor.


18th arrondissement

Réservoir-fontaine de Montmartre, Château d'eau de Montmartre, place Jean-Baptiste-Clément, (1835). Petite fontaine des Innocents, Square Willette, (1906). Emile Derre, sculptor. Château d'Eau, Butte Montmartre, place Jean-Baptiste-Clément, (1932). Paul Gasq, sculptor. Fontaine Steinlen, Square Constantin-Pecqueur, (1936). Paul Vannier, sculptor. Fontaine du Passage-Léon, Square du Passage-Léon (1990), Michel de Sablet, designer. Fontaine Léon-Serpollet, Square Léon-Serpollet, rue de Cloÿs (1991), Serve Eyzat, architect. Fontaine Rachmaninov, Square Rachmaninov, rue Tzara (1991), Kathryn Gustafson, landscape architect. Fontaine de la Turlure, Parc de la Turlure, rue de la Bonne (1988), Antoine Grumbach and Pierre Caillot, architects.


19th arrondissement

Château d'eau du boulevard Bondy, Corner of rue de Bondy and Boulevard Saint-Martin, now in front of the grande Halle of la Villette, Porte de Pantin. (1809–1812). Removed from its original location in 1867. L'Accueil de Paris, Femme au Bain. Square de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge, (1938). Raymond Couvegnes, sculptor,
Léon Azéma Léon Azéma (20 January 1888 – 1 March 1978) was a French architect. He is responsible for many public works in France, especially in and around Paris. His most famous work is 1937 Palais de Chaillot, facing the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Early ...
, architect. Fontaine de la porte de La Villette, Square de la Porte-de-la-Villette, rue Forceval (1969). Fontaine Riquet, Rue de Flandres/rue Riquet. (1978–1980), Martin S. Van Treeck, architect. Destroyed. Fontaine Rébéval, Square Rébéval, 2 rue Marcel-Achard (1984), Denis Sloan, architect. Fontaine des Douves, Douves de la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, 30 avenue Corentin-Cariou (1986), Adrien Fainsilber, architect. Fontaines de la Cité, Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, 30 avenue Corentin-Cariou, (1986), Adrien Fainsilber, architect. Fontaine du jardin Loire-Jean-Jaurès, 74 rue Jean-Jaurès (1986), Jean Camand, architect, Adrien Fainsilber, architect. Fontaine du jardin Mur d'eau, Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, 30 avenue Corentin-Cariou (1986), Adrien Fainsilber, architect. Fontaine place des Fêtes, Place des Fêtes (1986), Marta Pan, sculptor. Sigma antigravitationnel. Cite de Sciences et de l'lndustrie, 20 avenue Corentin-Cariou (1986–1990), Manolis Maridakis, sculptor. Fontaine du Conservatoire, Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse, rue Bouret (1987), Fernand Pouillon, sculptor. Fontaine du jardin des Bambous, Parc de la villette (1987), Alexandre Chemetov, architect. Fontaine de la Folie de l'Antenne de Secours, Parc de La Vilette (1987), Bernard Tschumi, sculptor. Fontaine du jardin de la Treille,
Parc de la Villette The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement. The park houses one of the largest concentrations of cultural venues in Paris, including the Cité de ...
(1987), Gilles Vexlard and Laurence Vacherot, architects. Fontaine de Parc de la villette,
Parc de la Villette The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement. The park houses one of the largest concentrations of cultural venues in Paris, including the Cité de ...
(1987), Philippe Stark, architect. Fontaine de la Folie des Enfants, Parc de la villette (1987), Bernard Tschumi, sculptor. Le Cylinder sonore, Jardin des Bambous,
Parc de la Villette The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement. The park houses one of the largest concentrations of cultural venues in Paris, including the Cité de ...
(1987), Bernhard Leitner, architect and composer. Fontaine place de Stalingrad, Place de Stalingrad (1989), Bernard Huet, architect. Sculpture des nuées, Jardin d'eau,
Parc de la Villette The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement. The park houses one of the largest concentrations of cultural venues in Paris, including the Cité de ...
(1989), Alain Pelessier, architect and Fujiko Nakaya, sculptor. Fontaine Ephésienne, Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad (1989), Georges Jeanclos, sculptor.


20th arrondissement

Fontaine de la Réunion, Parc de la Réunion, (1858). Paul-Eugène Lequeux, architect. Destroyed. La femme aux poissons, Rue Sorbier, (1936), Dieupart, sculptor. Fontaine des Grès, Square des Grès, Square des Grès, 57, rue de Vitruve (1983). Le Génie des eaux, 45 rue des Amandiers (1985), Yvette Vincent-Alleaume, sculptor. Fontaines de Charonne, Jardein de la garde de Charonne, 63 boulevard Davioud (1986). Fontaine de la Réunion, Square de la Place de la Réunion (1987). Fontaine Pali-Kao, Square de Pali-Kao, rue Julien-Lacroix (1988), François Debulois, architect Fontaine des Amandiers, Square des Amandiers, rue des Cendriers (1988). Dominique Caire, architect. Fontaine de Belleville, Parc de Bellville, rue Piat/rue Julien-Lacrois (1988), François Debulois, architect Fontaine Saints-Simoniens, Square des Saints-Simoniens, 147, rue Menilmontant (1989), Marnix Raedecker, sculptor. Fontaine Debrousse, Square Debrousse, 148 rue de Bagnolet. Fontaine de la place Gambetta, Place Gambetta (1992), Alfred Gindre, architect, J. Dismier, master glass-maker, and Jean-Louis Rousselet, plastic artist. Fontaine de la place des Grès, Place des Grès, (1992), Daniel Milhaud, sculptor.


La Defense

Fontaine de
Yaacov Agam Yaacov Agam ( he, יעקב אגם) (born 11 May 1928) is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist widely known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Biography Yaacov Gibstein (later Agam) was born in Israel, which, at that time ...
, at La Defense. (1977). A colorful mosaic basin with water jets and lighted beacons suggesting the runway of an airport at night.


Bibliography

* ''Paris et ses fontaines, de la Renaissance à nos jours'', texts assembled by Dominque Massounie, Pauline-Prevost-Marcilhacy and Daniel Rabreau, Délegation a l'action artistique de la Ville de Paris. from the Collection Paris et son Patrimoine, directed by Beatrice de Andia. Paris, 1995. * Yves-Marie Allain and Janine Christiany, ''L'art des jardins en Europe'', Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris, 2006. * Piganiol de La Force, ''Description historique de la Ville de Paris et de ses environs'', Paris, 1745. * A Duval, ''Les fontaines de Paris anciennes et nouvelles'', Paris, 1812 * Hortense Lyon, ''La Fontaine Stravinsky'', Collection Baccauréate arts plastiques 2004, Centre national de documentation pédagogique


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Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
Fountain A fountain, from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), meaning source or Spring (hydrology), spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect. ...
Fountain A fountain, from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), meaning source or Spring (hydrology), spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect. ...
fountains in Paris The Fountains in Paris originally provided drinking water for city residents, and now are decorative features in the city's squares and parks. Paris has more than two hundred fountains, the oldest dating back to the 16th century. It also has mor ...
fountains in Paris The Fountains in Paris originally provided drinking water for city residents, and now are decorative features in the city's squares and parks. Paris has more than two hundred fountains, the oldest dating back to the 16th century. It also has mor ...
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