Fontaine Gaillon

House with the Fontaine Gaillon in Paris

Fountain with triton

Inscription on the history of the well

The Fontaine Gaillon is a fountain on a house on Place Gaillon. The fountain in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris has been protected as a monument ( Monument historique ) since 1925 .

history

The fountain was built in 1827 according to plans by the architect Louis Visconti . At the same place there was previously a fountain built in 1707 by Jean Beausire . The sculpture was created by Georges Jacquot ; it depicts the young Triton stabbing a dolphin with a trident .

literature

• Jean Colson / Marie-Christine Lauroa (eds.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris , Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 , p. 314.

Web links

Commons : Fontaine Gaillon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fontaine Gaillon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '8.52 "  N , 2 ° 20' 3.41"  E