Fontaine de la Rotonde

It is located on the Place de la Rotonde, at the bottom of the Cours Mirabeau in the centre of Aix-en-Provence.[http://www.aixenprovence.fr/Place-de-la-Rotonde City of Aix-en-Provence: Place de la Rotonde][http://www.pays-aixenprovence.com/aixenprovence/fontaines_aix_en_provence.htm City of Aix-en-Provence: Fountains][https://books.google.com/books?id=Lb_erfz3aLwC&dq=%22Fontaine+de+la+Rotonde%22&pg=PA139 Aix en provence: Pays Aixois et Salonais, Petit Futé, 2010, p. 139]Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Cheryl A. Pientka, France For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, 2007, p. 377 [https://books.google.com/books?id=PBU3LMq_wh8C&dq=%22Fontaine+de+la+Rotonde%22&pg=PA377]

The Place de la Rotonde was built from 1840 to 1850. Ten years later, in 1860, Théophile de Tournadre designed this fountain.

It is 32 metre wide and 12 metre high. It is surrounded by bronze sculptures of twelve lions, sirens and angels on the backs of swans. At the top of the fountain are three sculptures of female figures presenting Justice (towards the Cours Mirabeau), Agriculture (towards Marseille) and the Fine Arts (towards Avignon). They were sculpted by Joseph-Marius Ramus (1805-1888), Hippolyte Ferrat (1822-1882) and Louis-Félix Chabaud (1824-1902).

The water first came from the Zola Canal built in 1854. In 1875, it came from the Verdon Canal. It now comes from the Canal de Provence.

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