Fontaine Wallace -- Marais

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZ-BwEq6oTYNY5jE0LGJXY6JE1bWfOvAJKTgLQYu0rH9waJXGdHXF-ECOJXbmv1si9H80o9bcG9YCLm51eyCDhCeaRkJrhSja9nuFbvS6X9K9VzP2SO_laldcZ_XWhP73S7SDOp7GPUM/s1600/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3480+color.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590036958728862050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZ-BwEq6oTYNY5jE0LGJXY6JE1bWfOvAJKTgLQYu0rH9waJXGdHXF-ECOJXbmv1si9H80o9bcG9YCLm51eyCDhCeaRkJrhSja9nuFbvS6X9K9VzP2SO_laldcZ_XWhP73S7SDOp7GPUM/s640/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3480+color.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">This 1870s cast-iron sculpture is one of the more than 77 public water fountains scattered throughout Paris, financed, conceived, and drawn by Sir Richard Wallace, a British billionaire. He directed that these fountains be both useful and beautiful, blending in with his adopted city. The fountain above was the original design of Wallace, sculpted by Charles-Auguste Lebourg, the first of four designs to be installed. This one in the Marais (4ième arr.) incorporates 4 caryatids representing "kindness," "simplicity," "charity," and "sobriety" and features dolphins on the dome.<p></p> <br />For years I saw these fountains and never knew the story behind them, how they have for over a century provided potable water to Parisians and visitors. Most of them are still in use. <br /><p></p><br />In a few weeks I will be looking for the other three styles... just because. </span></p>

Fontaine Wallace -- Marais

This 1870s cast-iron sculpture is one of the more than 77 public water fountains scattered throughout Paris, financed, conceived, and drawn ...

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