Fontaine Boucherat, Rue Charlot

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At the intersection of Charlot and de Turenne is a fountain of Bushehr (Boucherat). He was part of the plan of Louis XIV of water supply of Paris (1695).Fontan built in 1697, the Parisian architect Jean Borison and is named chancellor of Louis Bushera.Klassichesky square monument with richly decorated triangular pediment bears an inscription in Latin over mascaron gratitude to King Louis XIV of world, which he signed in Rysvike, the Netherlands, September 20, 1697: FAVSTA PARISIACAM LODOICO REGE PER VRBEMPAX VT FVNDET OPES FONS ITA FVNDIT AOVAS (Just as the happy world, enclosed by king Louis, shed abundance in Paris, this fountain will give him it in ode) The letter Q is absent or a hyphen is not visible: AOVAS should be read as AQVAS.