Fontana del Trianon (Trianon Fountain) by Giuliano Mozzani, 1719
Parco Ducale
Parma, May 2024
“The Trianon Fountain is a monumental fountain with baroque forms located on the islet in the centre of the fishpond of the Ducal Park in Parma. The monumental fountain was built between 1712 and 1719 for the garden of the Royal Palace of Colorno at the behest of Duke Francesco Farnese, who commissioned the architect and sculptor Giuliano Mozzani to design the project; the latter, assisted by the French hydraulic engineer Jean Baillieul, created a copy of the fountain of the Grand Trianon in Versailles, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1703. Following partial damage suffered in 1882 by patients of the psychiatric hospital, the fountain was dismantled and ten statues were sold. Having remained in storage for some years, it was reassembled in 1889 by the sculptor Giovanni Chierici and initially placed in Parma in front of the Reinach Theatre. In 1920, on the occasion of the general reorganisation of the Ducal Park by the scenographer Giuseppe Carmignani, the fountain was moved to the islet in the centre of the fish pond. In 1996 it was completely restored with funding from the Cariparma Foundation.” (Fontana del Trianon, Wikipedia)
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