Fontaine des Innocents et marché

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Fontaine des Innocents (Fr. Fontaine des Innocents.) - the oldest monumental fountain in Paris Les Halles quarter, now installed in the square Joachim Du Bellay, a masterpiece of French Renessansa.Fontan has the shape of a square arch pavilion. Each side opens the classic arch with a lot of bas-reliefs, which depict nymphs, newts, and other mythical suschestva.Pervonachalno built between 1547 and 1550 years the fountain called the Fountain of the nymphs, but then began to be called by the name of the cemetery, the wall of which he was elevated. The fountain was designed by the famous architect Pierre Lescot French Renaissance, and embodied in stone sculptor Jean Goujon. The construction of the fountain was dedicated to the solemn entry into Paris in 1549 King Henry II in the framework of a plan to perpetuate the procession route from Saint-Denis to the Cathedral of Notre-Dam.