FONTAINE SAINT-MICHEL
Fountain built in 1860, occupying the entire facade of a building in Paris
Inaugurated in 1860 when Baron Haussmann was transforming Paris, the Saint-Michel fountain (26 meters high and 15 meters wide) is the work of Gabriel Davioud. It was built to conceal the gable wall at the corner of Boulevard Saint-Michel, Place Saint-André-des-Arts and Rue Danton. At its center, a statue by Francisque Duret depicting Saint Michel slaying the dragon, or the struggle of good against evil; above it, four bronzes (Force, Temperance, Justice and Prudence) and at its feet, two dragons from which water spouts.
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