Fontaine Des Quatre-Saisons (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons (English: Fountain of the four seasons) is a monumental 18th-century public fountain, at 57-59 rue de Grenelle in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was executed by Edme Bouchardon, royal sculptor of King Louis XV (ruled 1715-1774), and opened in 1745. The fountain is huge and richly decorated, but it had only two water spouts, and its grand scale on the narrow street, together with the lack of water, irritated Voltaire and other figures of the French Enlightenment. The fountain is the best surviving example in Paris of the public architecture of the reign of Louis XV.