Wallace Fountains

[DaveLister]

1 hour ago, Loiseau said:

Yes, thank you Lehaut for opening our eyes to these quirky structures. It's been fascinating to read about them

+1

[Lehaut]

My pleasure.

And the story continues, Nantes is adding 4 "new" ones to the Voyage de Nantes green line walk this year.

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/loire-atlantique/nantes/voyage-a-nantes-2024-les-cariatides-des-fontaines-wallace-se-font-la-belle-sous-l-impulsion-de-cyril-pedrosa-2921421.html

[cajal]

An interesting and informative post.

Interesting in so much that I was unaware of the existence of Wallace and these dual-purpose artefacts (looks and serving a usefulness). Certainly something to visit if in a nearby location.

Informative by dispelling a 50+ year anomaly, for me, of the term "Wallace Collection".  You see, I always assumed that the name could be solely attributed to a 1960s band from Belgium who attained a certain amount of success throughout Europe during that 'pop' era.

Perhaps some of you of a certain age here will recollect this number they performed.

 

 

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