Saturday, February 4, 2006

Fontaine des Quatre-Parties-du-Monde

Fontaine de l'Observatoire, Paris

Fontaine des Quatre-Parties-du-Monde (Fontaine de l'Observatoire) by Gabriel Davioud
Avenue de l'Observatoire
Quartier de l'Odéon, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“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 as the Fontaine des Quatre-Parties-du-Monde, for the four parts of the world embodied by its female figures, or simply the Fontaine Carpeaux.” (Fontaine de l'Observatoire, Wikipedia)

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