Fontaine des Innocents
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The Fontaine des Innocents is a monumental public fountain located on the place Joachim-du-Bellay in the Les Halles district in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Originally called the Fountain
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Bas-relief of a Nymph and a Triton (now in the Louvre)
Front and side views of Fontaine des Innocents in its original form, ca. 1670
Fontaine des Innocents in its original location in the 17th century (19th-century engraving)
Holy Innocents' Cemetery
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The Holy Innocents' Cemetery is a defunct cemetery in Paris that was used from the Middle Ages until the late 18th century. It was the oldest and largest cemetery in Paris and had often been used for
Fontaine des Innocents
…and the Cathedral. The fountain was placed on the site of an earlier fountain dating to the reign of Philip II of France, against the wall of the Saints Innocents Cemetery, at the corner of rue Saint Denis (where the King's procession passed) and rue aux Fers (today's rue Berger), with two façades on one street, one façade…
The Holy Innocents' Cemetery, c. 1550. The Church of the Holy Innocents, bordering the Rue Saint-Denis, is in the background.
Charnier with mural of the Danse Macabre
The fountain as it appeared in 1791 when the French constitution was proclaimed on the Marché des Innocents